Heat Rise Pulse. Filmography Specials Movies Characters. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Single Ladies Album I Am Categories Songs I Am Sasha Fierce Add category. Cancel Save. It has my grandma at the cookout; it has my nephews dancing at the family reunion; it has me in the marching band; it has a little bit of this out in the street.
Williams: Understanding the tradition of the movement and trying to find similarities in the lines was going to bring it to life and possibly elevate it even more. That is what I think was really cool about how [Gatson and Knight] mixed in the movement with Fosse. Fosse is super musical and is super shape-oriented, and so is J-setting. It's shape-oriented in the fact that one person is copying the other person's shape and the next person's pocket of music, because musicality is so important.
Gatson: I think every video director is trying to do feature films. There was no set; there was nothing more than three girls and choreography. You were in a white place, white room -- a void. Nava: If you can get the camera in the best place to appreciate the dance move without having to edit lots, then you are onto the type of coverage of dance where people will really have an opportunity to appreciate that talent in front of you -- that personality and that evolving story of the dance.
That was part of [director of photography Jim Fealy and my] creative response to such amazing choreography. They definitely were working on the choreography for ages, but when I saw it, it became clear that a very specific photographic approach would do justice to such great performance. You would really get an opportunity to hold one long take that evolved with the action.
We put the camera in the best place to appreciate a particular move or motion in a certain moment so it wouldn't be interrupted by edits or a complicated set or lighting. I could adjust the choreography so that the fourth member of the dance routine was the steady camera [operated by George Bianchini]. Gatson: Even the cast was organically made. Fate or the spirit of the world just worked it out. She was perfect for it. It was just something that was magical. Williams: Every day that you walk in the room, you still feel like you're auditioning, so that first rehearsal was still surreal.
I wanted to make sure that I was doing my best and was showing myself in the best light. I was trying to book that job, okay? I was also super-exhausted -- I had just finished rehearsal with my ballet company because I was doing dual-jobs at the same time. It was surreal. The heels would prove to be a bit of a headache, as at least three pairs were needed to get through the shoot due to the intense choreography.
Just imagine the pressure on the heels! That character that she was playing, she gave it integrity. At the very end, we got back to the studio and did the separate sections where she sings so that people could understand that what was happening in the video wasn't actually the narrative -- that was the narrator, her, singing about this story.
What we were showing in the film was just her playing on the way that she felt about masculinity and behavior in that moment. It became a cinematic job, and "Single Ladies" became a minimalistic performance inspired by a Bob Fosse job but updated. I, personally, was sort of powering down a little bit after running around New York on a tight schedule for a couple of days. It was a pretty intense New York shoot, and she had more energy than any of us the whole time, as usual. Gatson: They had that bodysuit on and their legs were showing.
I love lines. She wanted something that represents a strong, independent, powerful woman -- something modern, yet futuristic. We made the glove before we saw the video, but being that the video features only women, it only further signifies these characteristics.
The glove really symbolizes that empowerment and that strength that lies within women. We were really working on a time constraint to create something original. To begin, we needed a wax mold of her hand, so she had to sit with her entire arm and hand in the wax for about an hour at different angles -- and this was just for the mold alone.
We created it in titanium, which is a lightweight metal as well as an extremely difficult metal to create jewelry with. It needed to be comfortable, detachable so she could wear it in multiple ways. That is what was really special about the three of us -- the fact that we understood the lines and the fact that we understood that Fosse's work was really brilliant and timeless.
That was something that we really wanted to bring forth. On top of it, we just had a lot of fun together. We all are super driven perfectionists, which is also something that shows through. We all have a huge attention to detail, which was also super important.
We are similar in height. I also think that the dynamic of us all being different shades was really cool to see and feel.
We were all relatable to different audience members. People would watch and see something of themselves in each and every one of us. Oh my god! She wanted it to be about a trio and not just about her, which was really giving and gracious. It feels exactly like her at this point.
Once we got through the shoot, watching her do the first take from the top, it was just magic. She tapped into every character. Every piece of the movement is perfect. It was just magical, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping.
It was the weirdest, craziest, out-of-body experience that you could ever have in your life. She showed up for work today. Nava: People think it's one shot, but it's actually about five shots -- even though we were doing it in long takes, we filmed it in chunks so that it wasn't too demanding on the dancers and so that we could focus on getting perfect chunks. Beyonce believes that the song had the most urban choreography, mixed with Fosse, very modern and very vintage.
So, it turned out to be the least expensive video she has done. She also revealed that she never thought the video would become so iconic. Now follow your favourite television celebs and telly updates. Republic World is your one-stop destination for trending Bollywood news. Tune in today to stay updated with all the latest news and headlines from the world of entertainment.
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