I have a questions for you guys, since all my topics are related to music. Do you know whats the most expensive music videos ever made? well, ask Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson because they are the holder of the most expensive music video in the history. I have no comment on that because they sure know where to put their money where their mouth is.
I’m so excited to share with this kind of things because we all know that this one one of the marketing strategy of the music artists to make their albums and music popular. We can say if it is an intricate video and a high budgeted music video because of the effects and the location. In addition to that, its not just the theme that a certain video creates its name. Its the way how the video has been made and the budget is so important to widen the theme and make more brilliant and rise among others.
So here are the top five lists of music videos with a high budget and let you marvel of the depths of the seemingly endless wallet of the music industry.
1. Artist: Madonna
Title: Bedtime story
Amount Spent: 7.7 million dollars
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSaFgAwnRSc
The video premiered in cinemas as opposed to television and has been installed in various galleries worldwide.The video is a confident and considered dream scape of surrealist imagery incorporating Sufism and Egyptian iconography. Its incredibly rich, saturated color palettes, switching from desert oranges to midnight blues conjure up scenery evocative of Frida Kahlo paintings, and Dali-esque surrealism. To achieve an aesthetic this ambitious in 1995 meant weeks of post-production to ensure the digital effects were as perfect as technology would allow.
2. Artist: Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson
Title: Scream
Amount Spent: 10.7 million dollars
URL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=scream+janet+jackson
The music video is directed by Mark Romanek, it is an ultra-slick, high-contrast black-and-white montage of Michael and Janet Jackson having a very nice time in zero gravity. The huge, sparse sets populated only by the duo as they drift through the universe together. The video does play with the zero gravity elements in a variety of fun ways, and the set designs themselves while quite minimalist in aesthetic, are each huge undertakings.
3. Artist: Michael Jackson
Title: Black or White
Amount Spent: 6.9 million dollars
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTFE8cirkdQ
The eleven minute music video premiered in all music channel, with an estimated five hundred people watching .The video become a fan favorite and has a controversy at the same time. This video had been made to be fun, meaningful, and above all else meaningful.
4. Artist: Madonna
Title: Die another day
Amount Spent: 7.9 million dollars
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXEpNa3CqQ
While the song received mixed reviews from critics, Madonna’s Bond song went on to be the best-selling dance song of 2002 and 2003, and its video was nominated for a Grammy. The James Bond-inspired video has the legendary pop star fighting herself, which was a mixture of green screens and intricate and expensive special effects.The Billboard ranked the song the number 6 song from the Bond franchise.
5. Artist: Madonna
Title: Express yourself
Amount Spent: 9.4 million dollars
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8
The clip, which was inspired by 1927 German science fiction film Metropolis was directed by David Fincher, who would go on to be nominated for Academy Awards for also directing both The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network. The video sees the singer dressing in a masculine fashion, yet being as sexual as ever.
There you have it guys, now you have an idea about the most expensive videos ever made. These people surely knows what they are doing and spending millions is not a joke. Putting money, time and effort to make us fans enjoy their music videos from the beginning and until forever.
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