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Britney Spears: The Music Video Rate: R E S U L T S

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16 | 'I Wanna Go' (AVG. 7.82)

 

[212 million views on vevo]

 

Highest Scorers:

11 | UV

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Lowest Scorers:

02 | JakeWild

 

Let me tell you, all of that is bullshit. Every artist has management, that’s their job. It's what they’re paid for. I work with the artist. Your question goes along perfectly with the whole concept of the video and that press conference – it’s a ridiculous, exaggerated rumor about her life and career. I met with her, talked with her, went over the concept with her. It was extremely collaborative. She suggested alternatives and tweaked other things. As much as the management is there, this was a concept that Britney really dug. She was a big part of the decision-making process.

 

—Piliero, on how the rumors of Spears being 'a puppet' related the concept of the video.

 

The music video for "I Wanna Go" was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero and filmed in Los Angeles, California. Spears first contacted Piliero and asked him to put together a concept for the video. The main idea for Marrs Piliero came from the lyric "be a little inappropriate", which stood out for him, but he did not want to make a video about sexual inappropriateness. Piliero wrote the opening press conference scene as a tribute to the film Half Baked (1998), which he is a fan of. He explained, "That scene resonates with everyone as the epitome of the greatest way to quit your job, and just blow people off. [...] I felt like that would just be such a perfect way for her to tell the reporters to eff off." Marrs Piliero first asked actor Kellan Lutz to co-star the clip with Spears; however, Lutz turned down the role, saying that "there were a couple of weird things about the part that didn't make sense", including the scene where he was going to pour milk on himself. Piliero then thought of asking one of the stars of Half Baked, Guillermo Díaz, to be part of the video, explaining that it "would make it come full circle." Piliero watched all of Spears' videos and wanted to pull what he loved from them, but also give it something fresh. Piliero felt that all of her references to the paparazzi in her previous videos had been more of a statement than an action, and for "I Wanna Go", he wanted her to have the opportunity to fight back.

 

Piliero had the concept nearly finished by the time he met with Spears. Both wanted to explore fun ways for Spears to be inappropriate in the video, who had several ideas, such as a cop frisking her. Having seen Spears on How I Met Your Mother and Saturday Night Live, Piliero felt that none of her videos had really taken advantage of her comedic timing, saying, "She never had a music video where she could show her acting chops and have fun with comedy while being super badass. That was my goal from day one: I wanted her to be funny, badass and super cool.". During the first day of the shoot, he requested Spears to "have as much fun as possible over these next two days". Pilliero also stated that the Crossroads (2002) reference "is a fun Easter egg for fans. Plus, Die Hard 2: Die Harder is the most ridiculously awesome way to title a sequel. It just felt like the right thing to do. When Britney saw it, she loved it."

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Depending on the amount of replies I'll either do 15-11 tonight, or wait until tomorrow night. Cheers.

 

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The fact that she was cold and pissed off really helped her look in the TTWE video, she looks badass.

 

I Wanna Go is all over the place, but its a fun video

 

I prefer both over HIAM I think

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I love the IWG video! Especially the bit near the end where she fights the robots with her microphone. :D

'Overprotected' (normal) is in it's respectable and decent position, I feel. Not too high, but not too low either. The Darkchild video should be higher than it though. I think I'd be more content if those had switched places tbh.

 

'Till The World Ends' is a good video. I enjoy it, but I do think it's one of her more overrated videos.

 

The video for 'I Wanna Go' is SO fun! Definitely one of the better videos from "Britney 2.0". However, I am really happy to see 'Hold It Against Me' is the highest video from the 'Femme Fatale' era. I really, REALLY love that video and was saddened to see it's meh reaction on the plug sessions :( So seeing it higher is a very pleasant surprise!

Gonna do a couple more tonight guys!

 

I'm also glad 'HIAM' is the highest of the FF era! Such an underrated gem!

15 | 'Do Somethin'' (AVG. 7.86)

 

3 million views on vevo]

(Wasn't uploaded to her VEVO until July of 2015)

 

Highest Scorers:

10 | Music Maniac, JakeWild, Addy K!ng, UV

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Lowest Scorers:

04 | HausofKubrick

 

The music video for "Do Somethin'" was filmed in December 2004 in Los Angeles, California. It was co-directed by Spears and Billie Woodruff, who previously worked with her in "Born to Make You Happy". Spears described the shoot as "hectic", adding it was filmed "in a record-breaking five hours". She also commented about co-directing with Woodruff, saying that "he had no no ego whatsoever, and the whole process was just so much fun". Spears is credited as "Mona Lisa" in the video, as she said "I kinda think she's like my alter ego whenever I feel like being mean or possibly like bustin' people around to get stuff right ... It's kinda easier to be called 'Mona Lisa' instead of Britney". The video was also choreographed and styled entirely by Spears, with clothing from Juicy Couture. Spears ultimately added that working behind the camera inspired her to become a director in the future, explaining, "After doing about 20 videos, it gets kind of boring playing the same role. I feel like being behind the camera is sometimes more satisfying than being in front of it".

5 HOURS??!? *.*

 

WHAT KIND OF SLAYAGE!!!!!

 

I absolutely ADORE the DS video. It goes hand in hand with the song perfectly!

It deserves to be this high for those underwear scenes alone. :wub:

 

And I know! Lmao! Makes me even angrier about the 'Make Me' video.

14 | 'Hold It Against Me' (AVG. 7.96)

 

[110 million views on vevo]

 

Highest Scorers:

11 | Jonjo

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Lowest Scorers:

01 | JakeWild

 

The music video for "Hold It Against Me" was filmed on January 22 and 23, 2011. It was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, while Brian Friedman served as the choreographer. According to Spears' manager Larry Rudolph, she became a fan of Åkerlund's work after seeing the video for Madonna's "Ray of Light" (1998), but they had not worked together in the past, owing to "his availability or her timing". Spears and Åkerlund quickly got together to create the concept, presenting different ideas until, according to Rudolph, "[the concept] took a life on its own". Open auditions were held on December 22, 2010, and the dancers had to learn a routine set to Robyn's "Criminal Intent" (2010).

 

On January 22, 2011, Spears tweeted from the video shoot, saying it was "an incredible experience" and would "be one of the best videos I have ever done." On February 2, 2011, accusations came from TMZ.com that Åkerlund had decided to use a dance double for Spears when it seemed like she had not rehearsed her moves enough. Both her representatives and the director denied the rumors, and Åkerlund commenting, "[britney's] been great throughout the entire process. [...] I've been around long enough to know when an artist gives it their all, and to me it doesn't get better than this. This video is gonna be f***ing awesome! It's all Britney." Her manager Larry Rudolph later confirmed that a body double was actually used, but only for the scenes in which Spears fights herself. The fight scene was choreographed by Steven Ho. He commented that Spears incorporated the moves learned during rehearsals, but also incorporated "her own flavor", by adding a small shuffle of steps in her heels. The length of the dresses also presented a problem, and there were discussions about shortening the trains for safety issues. They were later added as 'weapons', as Ho explained, "as if they were sharp blades, giving Britney reason to jump and evade around them."

 

Friedman revealed that Jonas' wife, B. Åkerlund, was the stylist for the video. B. is known for her work with Madonna and Lady Gaga, but Friedman assured that "it is not 'Britney does Gaga.'" B. later commented about the fashion of the video, saying, "We were going for a punk-rock couture look in this video, with a touch of glam." For the wedding dress scene, B. worked with Tom Tom fashions to create a custom-made dress. Swarovski crystals were used for the "arm creations"; a necklace by Dannijo and gloves by La Cracia were added as accessories. For the fight scene, both Spears and her double wear custom dresses by B., in collaboration with Falguni and Shane Peacock, and also sport stilettos by XTC. During her dance sequence, Spears wears an outfit created by B. and Skin Graft Designs, with jewelry by Tom Binns. The boots were Spears' own, and completely bedazzled with Swarovski crystals. For the microphone sequence, Spears rocks a red look described as "skull shoulders", designed by Yasmen Hussein for Swarovski Runway Rocks. She completes the look with earrings and a necklace by Tom Binns and rings by Loree Rodkin. For the finale scene, Spears wears a custom skintight black dress by Bordelle, complete with garters. She accessorizes the look with a necklace by Noir and boots decorated with Swarovski crystals. After its release, the music video earned Spears $500,000 for the product placement by Sony, Make Up For Ever and PlentyofFish.

13 | 'Circus' (AVG. 8.24)

 

[125 million views on vevo]

 

Highest Scorers:

10 | UV, Addy K!ng, Rob Spears

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Lowest Scorers:

06 | Euphorique

 

The music video for "Circus" was filmed from October 28 to November 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. It was directed by Francis Lawrence, who previously worked with Spears on the music video for her 2001 single "I'm a Slave 4 U". Spears chose Lawrence, since he was the "only person who could capture it, make it really twisted, eccentric and different". On November 17, 2008, an exclusive three-second clip premiered during a promo for her documentary Britney: For the Record. The video was set to be released on December 5, 2008 on Entertainment Tonight, but it was moved at the last minute to December 4, 2008.

 

Davil Balls of Digital Spy described the music video as being "cheeky, seductive and more than a little bit ridiculous" and said that Spears "delivers some killer dance routines". Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly compared the dance in the chair with the music video of "Stronger" and added that "best of all, she actually looks animated in this video and appears to be having fun". James Montgomery of MTV said that after watching the video "you are overcome with the sudden urge to go to the Big Apple Circus. Or pick up some Curious perfume. Or you know, possibly both". The music video won the category of Best Moves at the MTV Australia Awards 2009. It was also nominated for four VMAs at the 2009 awards in the categories of Best Art Direction, Best Choreography, Best Cinematography and Best Editing, but lost of all them. It was also nominated for Best Video in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009, but lost to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies". The video won Best Video of 2009 in Fuse TV, making Spears the only artist to win two years in a row.

So many good videos going out! Super proud that nothing from ITZ has died yet and every reveal that isn't 'My Prerogative' makes me happy.

 

It probably says a lot about the Femme Fatale era that all of its videos are out even though they all obviously had rather big budgets and most of them had pretty complex concepts in comparison to some of her older videos. Such poor execution across the board with that era.

 

Are many of the older videos left? Obviously the first three lead singles, but what else?

So many good videos going out! Super proud that nothing from ITZ has died yet and every reveal that isn't 'My Prerogative' makes me happy.

 

It probably says a lot about the Femme Fatale era that all of its videos are out even though they all obviously had rather big budgets and most of them had pretty complex concepts in comparison to some of her older videos. Such poor execution across the board with that era.

 

Are many of the older videos left? Obviously the first three lead singles, but what else?

 

Baby One More Time

(You Drive Me) Crazy

Oops... I Did It Again

Lucky

Stronger

Slave 4 U

 

6/12 - pretty spread across the board!

 

Songs still to come ITZ and beyond;

 

Me Against The Music

Toxic

Everytime

My Prerogative

Womanizer

Work Bitch

I love Do Somethin' video, so do I HIAM and Circus :wub:...ahhh I can watch her videos over and over again and not get tired.

 

When we are having another session lol

12 | 'My Prerogative' (AVG. 8.40)

 

[26 million views on vevo]

 

Highest Scorers:

11 | Umi, Nick F1

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Lowest Scorers:

02 | JakeWild

 

The 'My Prerogative' video just might be the most underrated video from Britney's entire career. Though, you'd think I'm lying by looking at the videos average and placing in this rate. Let us keep in mind it only has 26 million views on VEVO, while videos like 'Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know' are tied for views. The video was directed by Jake Nava in 2004, even though the video was completely Britney's vision. First of all that car crash intro, second of all those BEDROOM SCENES SLAY SO MUCH IT IS LITERALLY SPELL BOUNDING. And that's a resonating statement from the entire gay community that questioned their sexuality after viewing it.

 

 

WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST DO THIS FOR THE MAKE ME VIDEO. Recovering from a broken knee and still slaying your faves!

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