How much money is usually spent on the average music video?
On average a music a music video would cost a minimum of £50,000. However this can go anything up to £500.000 or even more.
For example Michael and Janet Jackson music for scream cost £7,00,00 to make and Madonna's express yourself cost £5,000,000 but this is because they're big pop starts so they're likely to make back the money they spent and more. I guess it depends on the popularity of the artist/band and the people behind them. New artists/bands, will not be given a huge budget for crew and video equipment to make their first video, because you can't risk such amounts of money especially with today's economy. However, there are some well known music videos which probably cost nothing at all.
“Lonely Boy” by the Black Keys Perhaps one of the best happy accidents in music video history, “Lonely Boy” is a single take of a man dancing and lip-syncing to the song in a motel. The Black Keys originally had a full script and a cast of over 40 people for the video, but ended up scrapping it. The man who starred in the final cut is an actor and part-time security guard named Derrick T. Tuggle, who was only supposed to have a small dancing clip as an extra. When they were unhappy with the original shoot, they decided to use the clip of Tuggle as the entire music video, calling it “the most expensive single shot ever recorded.” “Lonely Boy” was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, and Tuggle has since become an icon for his candid grooving.
“Lonely Boy” by the Black Keys Perhaps one of the best happy accidents in music video history, “Lonely Boy” is a single take of a man dancing and lip-syncing to the song in a motel. The Black Keys originally had a full script and a cast of over 40 people for the video, but ended up scrapping it. The man who starred in the final cut is an actor and part-time security guard named Derrick T. Tuggle, who was only supposed to have a small dancing clip as an extra. When they were unhappy with the original shoot, they decided to use the clip of Tuggle as the entire music video, calling it “the most expensive single shot ever recorded.” “Lonely Boy” was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, and Tuggle has since become an icon for his candid grooving.
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