10 Tips for Making Your Own Music Video- Pete Fraser
Step 1: Choose a Track- pick unknown/semi-unknown artists, make it short and well edited, this makes it successful.
Step 2: Write a treatment- discuss the ideas and atmosphere with others, have a clear concept.
Step 3: Plan for Everything- Storyboard, plan places, costumes, props, learn lines and give motivation to group members.
Step 4: Set up a Blog- Links to similar videos, pictures of the process (props, costumes, locations), film storyboard drawings, capture your edited shots before the music videos, make it your E-Scrapbook.
Step 5: Know your Equipment- do test shots to try out effects, check the tape is loaded and the tripod is attached to the camera.
Step 6: The Shoot- Make sure the location is useable for your purpose, shoot the performance at least 3 times with different set-ups, lots of close ups, moving camera, handheld, extra angles and lighting changes.
Step 7: Capture your Footage- Label everything you capture, label by description, be selective.
Step 8: The Edit- Synch up performances, aim to make it dynamic, get a rough cut which comprises just the performances intercut with one another should be an early target, do any effects last, upload to your blog to get feedback.
Step 9: Screening- big-screen premiere, upload the finished version to your blog and YouTube.
Step 10: Analysis- Take advice about what is needed in your write up and start early, make drafts of writing, make use of your blog.
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