The inspiration behind the video. Hello everyone! This monthās music video to be analyzed is the for āBedtime Storyā, While this video is tricky for its various sources of inspiration, itās one of her best, if not the best, and an underrated one by most fans. I am sure that, after reading all of this, youāll find yourself more in love with the true artist Madonna really is. Madonna called upon āRainā director Mark Romanek to do the music video for āBedtime Storyā after she saw what he had done with Nine Inch Nailsā āCloserā. As she always does, she listened to the song over and over again, trying to think of a concept for a video. The theme she held on to for this one was dreams, itās meaning, concepts, imagery and works based on it. Sheās a huge fan of surrealistic art, in which lots of paintings deal about dreaming, or allude to something unfathomable in real life. She held to that and brought that concept to Romanek, that really liked the idea and wanted to add ...