Making Music Videos. Everything You Need to Know from the Best in the Business

Editorial Review

Making Music Videos, written by industry insider Lara M. Schwartz, reveals the nuts and bolts of making videos, including all the technical and managerial skills that producers and directors must have. From development, to writing a treatment, to budgeting, assembling a crew, and preproduction, to the shoot, postproduction, and wrapping out, clear step-by-steps show exactly what moves to make when.

Comments from some of the biggest names in music-video production today, including Brett Ratner, Marcos Siega, Sanaa Hamri, Roman Coppola, McG, Dave Meyers, Little X, Samuel Bayer, and others, offer inspiration to aspiring creatives everywhere.

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Customer Reviews

For big budget, large crew productions only

2008-04-20
Who this book is for:

* Major record company executives who want to learn more about the entire process of making a video.

* Bands who have $10,000 or more to make a video.

* Anyone who is interested in learning how major productions (not just music videos, but ANY kind) are conceived, budgeted, shot, and edited.

This book is NOT for:

* do-it-yourselfers or for people who know how already to shoot a dramatic short or feature film. there are some great tidbits specific to music videos, but not what you could get from other sources which focus specifically on music videos.

* YouTubers, small camera crews, friends-of-the-band who have a working knowledge of film production and want to make music video.

* anyone looking for the technical solution to lip syncing, including methods of how to shoot a music video from beginning to end so the audio syncs with the performance; editing techniques specific to music videos. (layering each full synced take on top of one another and cutting away)

It's an excellent book for what it is: how to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a music video using union professionals.

Where was this 10 years ago

2008-03-06
This book is far and away the best resource I have ever read on the topic of film and video production. It should be required reading for anyone in film school and all PA's.

I can only imagine how much time and pain this book would have saved me if it had only existed ten years ago when I started out as a PA. And ten years ago I looked for a book like this. None existed. I have worked on more spots than music videos but this book is applicable to those as well. If your looking to be an Agency Producer this book is a great way to learn what's involved.

Great work.

Mike Kroesen
Agency Producer, Freelance
Seattle, WA

Birds Eye View of Music Video Film making

2007-10-03
I had no clue about music videos until I found this book !
It is complete and covers every asspect of making music video including
the legal issues one needs to know.

I have only started reading this book, and Im sure by the end of it
its gona create a Great Platform for me to start of my carrier

however it could have covered the treatment writing part and other creative topics more elaborately otherwise this book belongs in every shelf !

MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS is packed with eye-opening insights

2007-09-03
MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS comes from a veteran music director, producer and teacher whose book provides a one-stop source of information for any who would learn the behind-the-scenes methods of turning a visual concept for a song into a professional quality video. From understanding directors and key players behind music videos and how such are financed within a record label to working with production companies and compiling a cinematography team, MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS is packed with eye-opening insights perfect for any music or video production library holding.

Making Music Videos

2007-07-29
I never write reviews, but I am writing this one for those like me who are trying to get more exposure for their music. We are planning on making our first video(s) and putting it on UTube, and this book pretty much tells you exactly how to make a video. It is really detailed, has a good table of contents so you're not wasting time, and gives advice from big people in the industry.