Making Music Videos: Everything you Need to Know from the Best in the Business [Paperback]

Lara M. Schwartz (Author)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Billboard Books; 1 edition (July 24 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823083683
ISBN-13: 978-0823083688
Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 1.5 x 23.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 408 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #167,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Entertainment > Movies > Video > Direction & Production
- #5 in Books > Entertainment > Movies > Amateur Production
- #72 in Books > Entertainment > Radio

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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.

About the Author

Lara M. Schwartz has directed and produced over 100 music videos, commercials, feature films, short films, documentaries, live broadcasts, and DVDs. In addition, she has taught a class entitled "Music Video Production: Art, Commerce, and Everything in Between" at UCLA Extension. She lives in New York City.

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Amazon.com: 3.9 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars For big budget, large crew productions only, April 19 2008

By Shawn Chittle - Published on Amazon.com

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This review is from: Making Music Videos: Everything you Need to Know from the Best in the Business (Paperback)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS is packed with eye-opening insights, Sep 2 2007

By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Making Music Videos: Everything you Need to Know from the Best in the Business (Paperback)

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.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Making Music Videos, July 29 2007

By MusikSlut - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Making Music Videos: Everything you Need to Know from the Best in the Business (Paperback)

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.

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