Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen

Creative Ideas and Concepts

A course by David J East , Director and Photographer

90% positive reviews (60)

2,041 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Creative Ideas and Concepts

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how I come up with creative ideas and concepts for music videos, whilst working within the parameters of a particular budget. ”

In this video lesson David J East addresses the topic: Creative Ideas and Concepts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen. Discover how to create a high-end music video on a budget and learn the basics of editing on Adobe Premiere for professional-looking results.

Partial transcription of the video

“Creative Ideas and Concepts I'll show you how I come up with creative ideas and concepts while still working within the budget. To begin with the course, we'll listen to the song to get involved and feel the emotions the artist conveys. Perhaps certain lyrics we can use for ideas. It's good to get a sense of what the track is about. I like to take the song everywhere, on the tube, when I go for walks. It's good to help with ideas. Perhaps you can use real life moments with your ideas. I also to watch TV sometimes and play the song in the background. It gets you a sense of what type of mood ...”

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Course summary for: Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen

Level: Beginner
90% positive reviews (60)
2041 students
4 units
15 lessons (1h 58m)
2 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Premiere
Areas
Audiovisual Production, Film, Video & TV, Music, Music Production, Storytelling, Video, Video Editing

David J East

A course by David J East

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Director and Photographer

David J East is a British director and photographer raised in South Africa. After studying cinematography in Cape Town, he went on to pursue his career in directing short films, music videos, and commercials throughout Europe and the US. The aim of his work is to convey the visual language of a story, song, or product.

Throughout his career, he has filmed commercials for Mercedes, Jaguar, Cristiano Ronaldo’s CR7 Denim clothing line, Bose, and Guinness. David directed music videos for Foals, Melanie C, Charlotte OC, Gengahr, The Japanese House, Jelani Blackman, Sam Sure, and Thor Rixon. He has also directed his own short films like Down Days and Exert.