Directing Low-Cost Music Videos
Locations
A course by Juanma Carrillo, Audiovisual Producer
About the video: Locations
Overview
“In this lesson we will discuss the importance of locations. Of how when I go on the street I take pictures of the sites that I like although I do not know why, I also organize them in folders and keep them for future filming. I locate not only the aesthetics, I also think about the production.”
In this video lesson Juanma Carrillo addresses the topic: Locations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Directing Low-Cost Music Videos. How to produce and film a professional video with few resources.
Partial transcription of the video
“It's time to discuss locations. For me. they are a crucial aspect of a video. not just for aesthetics but also for production and lighting. Let's explore how I discover these places and what makes them suitable for filming. In this lesson. i'm going to talk to you about something I've been mentioning and will continue to the next lesson. which is scouting. How I scout and the importance of locations for me. especially considering we're working without resources and money. Therefore. a location featuring desired elements will enhance the video's final result. making it appear as if we have e...”
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Course summary for: Directing Low-Cost Music Videos
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Photography & Video -
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Audiovisual Production, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Music, Music Production, Script, Sound Design, Storytelling, Video, Video Editing, YouTube Marketing

Juanma Carrillo
A course by Juanma Carrillo
Juanma studied audiovisual production in Madrid and Paris and worked for some time in the French music industry. His photographs have been published together with those of artists such as Nan Goldin, Sophie Calle, and Wolfang Tillmans. His audiovisual work moves between avant-garde cinema and video art, the latter being a discipline for which he has been awarded internationally for pieces such as This Leak, Cuerpos deshonrados, and Nineteen forty one.
His work appears in various documentaries and publications and has been featured at festivals around the world. He has also formed part of international juries at many film festivals and teaches masterclasses at various universities.
His passion for music has led him to the world of video clips, where his trilogy for La Bien Querida has been praised and awarded by critics and the public as has his piece Born Heroes, commended by David Bowie himself. Since 2012, he has been the image director for the international film festival FIRE!! in Barcelona, and between 2015 and 2017 he directed the theater company La joven compañía in Madrid. He currently runs his own advertising agency CSTUDIO between Madrid and Reykjavik.
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