Music Video Direction: From Concept to Presentation
Searching for references
A course by Fred Ouro Preto , Director
About the video: Searching for references
Overview
“Now let's build a repertoire of references crossing the initial ideas with examples from other video clips, movies or photos.”
In this video lesson Fred Ouro Preto addresses the topic: Searching for references, which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Video Direction: From Concept to Presentation. Learn how to direct a music video step by step and translate your ideas into a visual format.
Partial transcription of the video
“Searching for references In this class, I'm going to talk about something that seems to be simple, obvious, but there is a catch, which is about organizing referrals. Everyone must have saved an Instagram favorites folder, on Vimeo, on YouTube, whatever platform you prefer. But it's very important to organize by folders, subfolders, put there photography, art, choreography, documentary, narrative, performance, lettering, whatever. When we separate by folders, access to find them later is much easier. Let's assume you always put in the general favorites. You put one, two, three things, when ...”
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Course summary for: Music Video Direction: From Concept to Presentation
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Photography & Video -
Areas
Audiovisual Production, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Music, Script, Video

Fred Ouro Preto
A course by Fred Ouro Preto
Fred Ouro Preto is a director whose work spans the fields of sports, lifestyle, and music. He has signed music videos for artists like Karol Conka, Emicida, Rincone, Xênia França, and more. His work has been internationally recognized with a nomination for Best Music Video at the 2019 Berlin Music Video Awards and an MTV Video Music Brazil award in 2011.
He has filmed across various countries including the UK, Mexico, Romania, Egypt, and South Africa. In December 2020, he released his debut feature film Emicida: AmarElo - It's All For Yesterday, a Netflix Originals documentary starring his long-time colleague Emicida.
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