Madonna was also associated with the editing process of the video . She was Renck 's editing supervisor . Madonna wanted a raw documentary look for the video which allowed her to be portrayed more realistically . Regarding the making of " Hung Up " , Renck said that it was a massive work to undertake , " It 's like you form this little family that 's flourished and prospered for the month , and then you chop it down like a tree , ... You come out with a sense of yearning and longing , like , ' Can we just do that again ? Please ? ' " The video starts with Madonna coming to a ballet studio carrying a boombox . She switches it on as the clock ticking sound of the music starts . Wearing a pink leotard , Madonna starts gyrating to the music while doing warm up exercises . The scene interchanges with a group of people on the street who start dancing to the music while listening to a similar boombox . They also display aspects of the physical discipline Parkour , while climbing over buildings and jumping from staircases . As the song starts , Madonna dances to the music in the ballet studio . The second verse shows her continuing dancing while the people from the street take their boombox and board a taxi . Scenes are interspersed with people dancing in a Chinese restaurant and Parisian streets . In the meantime , Madonna finishes her workout in the ballet studio , drops her towel , changes her clothes and comes out on the street . The people on the taxi , leave it and take the Underground instead . After another round of dancing in the train , the intermediate music starts . Madonna is shown mingling with some dancers on a dance floor and riding on a boombox . As the song starts again , Madonna and the people from the street , who act as her background dancers , all dance on a '' Dance Dance Revolution '' machine in a gaming parlor . The video ends showing Madonna lying on the ballet studio floor . The video was nominated for five awards at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video , Dance Video , Pop Video , Best Choreography and the Video of the Year award although it did not win any of them . In 2009 , the video was included on Madonna 's compilation , '' Celebration : The Video Collection ''
2006 MTV Video Music Awards
2006 MTV Video Music Awards
Hung Up