Stages of production

This is a rough list of the kinds of things you need to do at each stage of the process:

Pre-production

• Music video analysis
• Research into music video directors
• Treatment
• Moodboard
• Pitch to gain feedback
• Ask artist for permission (Email, Twitter, Myspace Etc)
• Timeline analysis of chosen song
• Storyboard
• Animatic
• Crew list
• Shot list
• Locations list
• Film test footage/pictures of location reccy
• Planning rest of Mise En Scene (clothing, props, make-up, effects etc)

Production

• Choreography
• Rehearsing
• Filming

Post-production

• Editing
• Special effects
• Transitions
• Synchronising
• Exporting as suitable file format
• Marketing