Video Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Overview
4:02 - Booking | How To Charge Clients
5:28 - Booking | My Own Experiences
9:48 - Prep | How To Prepare For A Shoot
12:07 - Prep | My Own Experiences
15:03 - Directing | How To Direct Talent
16:40 - Directing | My Own Experiences
21:36 - Editing | How To Prepare Footage
22:44 - Editing | My Own Experiences
25:10 - Mr. Boomtown Inspired Me As A Video Director
28:09 - What Program Do I Use?
28:16 - How Soon Did I Start Charging Clients?
31:32 - Whats The Secret To Getting A Great Scene?
32:22 - Do I hire interns?
So You Wanna Be A Music Video Director?
Here's your chance to learn fundamentals and invaluable advice from a director with 9 years of experience and over 300+ music videos produced. Every Thursday we will have topics , tutorials, or special guests in the music industry. "Learn This Business" thursdays will air from 9pm to 9:30pm central.
These Are The Topics Covered
BOOKING
- Create a website
- Create a paypal account
- Accept 50% deposit and 50% after completion
PREP
- Check the weather
- Scout 3 Primary Locations
- Keep a power generator on hand
DIRECTING
- Make sure your talent maintains good energy on camera
- Make sure to have a dressing room for wardrobe changes
- Film 3 Primary angles - Full Body, Medium shot, close up
EDITING
- Always back up your footage to an external hard drive
- I recommend Final Cur Pro X or Adobe Premiere Pro for editing
- I recommend Cineflare for cool plugins
