<p id=”par-1_63″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/beyonce/?swcfpc=1″>Beyoncé</a> puts meticulous care into all of her work, and her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/music/”>music</a> videos are no different. Her videos are an art form that fans eagerly await every time she drops an album. While a great deal of effort goes into each video, they don’t always cost a fortune. Beyoncé once said that one of her cheapest videos to make became the most iconic.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-beyonce-said-it-was-relatively-cheap-to-make-one-of-her-most-famous-music-videos”>Beyoncé said it was relatively cheap to make one of her most famous music videos</h2>
<p id=”par-2_31″>In 2008, Beyoncé released the music video for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” It’s a black and white video that depicts her and two other women dancing in bodysuits. </p>
<p id=”par-3_78″>“I’d seen <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/where-beyonce-got-the-inspiration-for-her-iconic-single-ladies-dance.html/”>this 1969 video</a> [featuring Gwen Verdon], this one take of amazing Bob Fosse choreography set against a white background,” she told <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-the-billboard-qa-267200/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard</a>. “And I thought, ‘Wow, despite all the technology we have now, wouldn’t it be great to just strip it all down — without a bunch of different camera shots and cuts, without any hair and wardrobe changes — and make it all about the performance?’ We had exactly 12 hours to film that video.”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_44″>Beyoncé used the same director and crew she had for “If I Were a Boy.” She said she made every effort to keep things “simple.” As a result, it was the cheapest video she’d made up to that point. Still, it <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/beyonces-choreographer-copyrighted-the-single-ladies-dance.html/”>rocketed to success</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-5_93″>“Out of all my videos, it was the least expensive and took the least amount of time,” she said. “And it ended up being the most iconic. I absolutely didn’t expect that — I don’t think anyone did. But I knew exactly what I wanted to do: Keep it simple. I’ve done so many things in videos with different hair and wardrobe changes, different sets, and lights. I just wanted to keep this one really minimal. And once we got on the set, it was like, ‘Wait a minute. This is something special.’”</p>
<p id=”par-6_11″>Since then, Beyoncé’s videos for “7/11” and “Formation” are similarly celebrated.</p>