Creative Direction for Music Videos
Shooting plan
A course by Lyona Ivanova , Audiovisual Director
About the video: Shooting plan
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk to you about the importance of making a good shooting plan, which is basically a list with the plans organized in order to optimize working hours. I will tell you what variables are taken into account to organize the plans. For example, we always start shooting a scene with the most open shot, in order to determine the general light, and then in the short shots, we start from that light and retouch if necessary; it is the way to maintain the raccord of light. The shooting plan can vary depending on the locations, the availability of the actors, makeup or wardrobe changes, daylight hours ... there are many factors to take into account.”
In this video lesson Lyona Ivanova addresses the topic: Shooting plan, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Direction for Music Videos. Learn to realize your artistic vision from shoot to post-production.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shooting schedule In this lesson, I'll explain how I organize my shooting schedule, which is fundamental for making best use of the hours available for shooting. Let's take a look. A shooting schedule is basically a list of shots in the order of shooting. This is essential for optimizing the shoot. For example, while the actresses are in make-up, you can outline a change to the set, that way you make use of time that would be wasted to do something else that you also need to do. You have to consider many different variables when making the schedule. For example, if we're shooting outside, o...”
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Course summary for: Creative Direction for Music Videos
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Premiere -
Areas
Film, Video & TV, Storytelling, TV, Video, YouTube Marketing

Lyona Ivanova
A course by Lyona Ivanova
Lyona is a filmmaker specializing in directing music videos. Since 2004, she has made more than 100 music videos for bands and artists like Love of Lesbian, Amaral, Leiva, Sidonie, Lori Meyers, and Carlos Sadness.
She is passionate about cinema and music, finding the creation of music videos to be the perfect fusion of both. Her work with artists and record labels allows her to create unique visual worlds based on a song.
Lyona is also an illustrator, collaborating on story books and publishing some of her own, including Alyona with Lunwerg Editores or Sex-¡oh! with Random Comics.
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