How to make a music video?

yes phiend almost got it right, but really the first and most important step

pull your head out of your ass and learn something, no ones going to spoonfeed you something so easy, that would be the metaphorical equivilant to feeding a grownman baby food whilst making plane noises cause he wont swallow the easy digesstable carrots and mashed peas!

do yourself a favor, and eat your own god damn pea's gauranteed you'll learn alot better if you dont try and get spoon fed some quick solutions-cheers and goodluck though sir.
 
Here are the steps on how to create a music video:

Choose Your Song


Get a Team and Equipment Together


Plan Your Shoot and Film

Edit (Be Creative)

Upload
 
I agree with everyone here in that you should really figure it out on your own by studying good music videos and doing a little research. But you turned to the forums for advice, not for people to tell you to **** off. In my opinion you can go two routes. 1- you have a series of stage like sets where your rapper stands in front of a semi-interesting backdrops and raps. You cut these set pieces up with some kind of actual action, you know something happening that's more interesting than dudes standing in front of a wall. But standing in front of a wall rapping is a tried and true method. 2- Come up with and film an actual story sort of music video that ties into the song somehow. Tell a story, approach it like a feature film and come up with an interesting idea.

That being said, these are ideas I picked up from watching other music videos, and the best way you'll get the hang of it is to watch good videos, research a couple of simple film techniques, practice some shit, and just be original and do you. Thats real man.
 
Just make sure your equipment are ready. you have already your plan of the video based on your idea.your idea for the video can be anything related to the song or just random. You must consider elements in the production process like the lighting, angles, position, etc - those are on the technical side but really, just shoot and record and that's it. :)
 
1: pick music
2: tape all footage or pictures you will use...make sure it all fits the genral mood of the song...
3: get software...i hear sony vegas is a good program...if you cant afford any just use movie maker......
 
all these guys are right. \just do it, dont proscrastinate and you dont need a crew. a video dont have to be up to industry standards and a $120 hd camcorder will get the job done. use trial software without expirations. ie Movie Maker has no expiration and i think comes fully unlocked. Vegas is good and FCP (Mac) for beginners.
Think of a creative way to present what you are saying and take the leap. dont need all those graphics and stuff. keep it simple until you want to prove yourself. by that time you have a small network to help and you now know a little more than you began with.
1. get camera
2. use alot of lights: cause cheap camera may be good but their exposure/aperture arent great
3. concept
4.have fun
5.edit: slice, chop, overlap, add presets effects and transitions
6. review
7. export as a .mp4 or .flv for net purposes, .avi or .mov for dvds
8. upload and wait for responses

will be over quick. to see how easy a video can be go to youtube /aeomusicvid :: the "Calm" track was at 300+ plays before taking it down. not much but its something being i only shared it with 8 people at max. the "phoenix rose" i shot entirely on my own, every shot. and the rose in the backyard is some basic 3D i comped in after effects
 
Creating a music video is not so much difficult. For that, you have to choice a song, resource instruments for it. Hunt for an orchestra, shoot a video and the film is in front of you.
 
Producing a video or a track are much the same thing. Only your tools are different.

In video shooting there are three phases
  1. preproduction - getting ready to shoot and planning the editing phase.
  2. production - shooting
  3. post-production - editing

Most folks don't storyboard their tracks, but it is an important step when planning a video shoot - it makes it easier to know what shots you are going to use when. Use photographs to show the backgrounds and sketch in the characters/objects to scale to show key directions and possible lighting issues.

You will also use the storyboard to determine a sequence for shooting the video. This is because you will highlight which settings/locations are used at which points. You should plan to shoot any video in a particular setting/location at the same time to minimise travel and production time. It can be costly to go back to a particular setting/location because of distance, time, production crew or actor availability.

Think carefully about lights - the newer LED based lighting kits won't cut it for most video, as they are too clod in terms of their colour temperature (3000K is a cold overcast day, 6200K is a warm day, temps between indicate intermediate conditions). Also with lights, you need to consider whether the lights are creating shadows, are too sharp (colours fade out as you move away from the central focus of the light) or otherwise not cutting it when shooting the video. You may need to invest in some diffusers and reflectors to fix this lighting problem. Using natural light is OK, but can cause inconsistencies in the colour of the final video - you amy aor may not want this and it is difficult to fix in post-production.

Software for post-production is very much a personal choice. I prefer Adobe Premiere Pro for my own work and use Premiere Elements for teaching. However, your software should allow you to incorporate multiple audio and video channels that you can set up on the time-line and create transition and other effects for on the fly.

In post-production you are usually concerned with cutting the video to the audio, not the other way round. I.E. First thing you do for post-production work is to lay in the audio track. Now using your storyboard assign your video footage in sequence to one of three video channels: A, B, FX.

Adding swirly lines as if the action has been traced over by an artist is called rotoscoping; some software includes this as an option and is a cool effect if used right.

To summarise:
  • Pre-Production
    • storyboard
    • shooting sequence
    • lighting tools and tips
  • Production
    • shoot in chosen sequence at specific locations
    • minimise shooting time at each location if possible
    • manage lighting carefully to reduce the need to reshoot.
  • Post-Production
    • Choose your editing software carefully making sure it can handle multiple video and audio streams and offers a range of usable FX and transitions.
    • Lay audio down first
    • cut video sequence in storyboard sequence
    • use at least 3 video channels A, B, FX
    • Plan and execute effects and transitions carefully (should have been considered during storyboarding)
 
Good quality video camera
Record video,, all scenes with costumes, locations and personel
Edit video with good editing system that allows color correction
 
Making videos is not hard, but making good ones is a whole new story. U need a camera (good one, ofc), an idea, a song and a very good editing software. U need inspiration, creativity, courage and dedication! So yeah, good luck with all of those.
 
it's very important to have a scenario of the what you gonna shoot, organize your work, and you even draw this on a paper, every scene every detail, and believe me you will have a great video
 
The skill of making music videos is an amenity that comes a bunch easier with modern technology. The software is free to download and user friendly, so several computer users can learn to use it, regardless of technical experience
 
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