Before we begin, I would advice you to use a professional music video production company.
There are many services that would give you the quality you need at low price.
Some might actually save you time and money.
Shooting yourself, however, may actually be quite fun and an exciting experience.
Let's get to the good stuff then! 1) Preparation is King! In all film and video production planning is what saves you time and money.
How much you prepare can make the difference between success and failure.
One of the first things we were taught in film school was Murphy's law - "Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong!" Just make sure you go down this list and make sure you plan ahead of time.
2) Your concept and script You need to first know what you are going to shoot.
Brainstorm ideas and see what you want to go with.
This is going to form the basics of your planning.
You may choose to ignore this step, at your peril.
3) Choose your director and crew Somebody must take the responsibility for the production.
As much as everybody would like to have a go, it's not really a good approach.
Let one person take charge.
A full crew listing is beyond the scope of this article but for a basic production have at least one person on the camera.
I wouldn't advice you to rent professional lights if you are inexperienced get one person to be in charge of that.
If you have someone who is good with design and make up, that's great a s well A runner is someone who basically does everything else as required at a given time.
In Part 2 we will go into some of the stuff that goes into the actual shooting.