Music Videos
Aside from the singles "Days/Green" and "Rule/Sparkle", two other music videos were made for "Curtain Call" and "Next Level". "Next Level" and "Curtain Call" were both directed by Stanly Izumi Kim and Luis Hernandez and filmed in Los Angeles.
The PV for "Next Level" featured Ayumi singing in her car while driving along an open road near the coast of a beach.
The PV for "Curtain Call" depicted Ayumi wearing a little black dress while barefoot. She starts off singing at a set. When the first verse is over she walks away and the production staff and crew close down the set. She walks through different sets and crew (including different seasonal themes such as rainy, autumn and winter). In the climax, she stops and behind her sparks a wall of fireworks. The curtain closes and the camera moves away from Ayumi and she is seen being attended by her hair and makeup crew. The whole video in entirety was done in one take. Originally, when she filming the black dress had a long and heavy part, but she said to her crew she wanted the heavy part to be cut off.
Read more about this topic: Next Level (Ayumi Hamasaki Album)
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