How did you know the party scene would take 15 takes if you recorded the audio in advance?,(reply>), That scene probably took only one take. <br>He's making the point that although they look like they're all really enjoying themselves, in all likelihood they're paid dancers who are really exhausted and fed up and we the audience are being deceived.,(reply>), They did fifteen takes and took the fifteenth, never mind if that was the best one or not.,(reply>), Because he's speaking as the artist in the clip, not as tom scott in the video that mocks a clip. He's talking about how many scenes it took the artist to record that shot of the clip. Not about how many scenes it took tom scott to record that shot of the video that mocks a clip.<br><br>...if that makes sense.