Creative Filmmaking: Crafting Your Vision for Music Videos

So you wanna make music videos – but where do you start? How do you get your vision down on paper and present it to the world?

Join celebrated filmmaker and director Isaiah Seret for an immersive 35-minute crash course in creating a cinematic music video treatment.

Isaiah draws on his experience directing videos for MGMT, Devendra Banhart, CULTS, and Raphael Saadiq (to name a few), as well as commercials for Dewar’s, Adidas, Adobe and even a Super Bowl spot, walking you through his process for selling his video concepts through to a band or record label.

Key lessons include:

• introducing your vision
• building the "world" and crafting a story
• various production elements 
• image research
• layout and design

Perfect for aspiring filmmakers, directors, editors, cinematographers or anyone who wants to take their film and video skills to the next level, you’ll walk away from this class with a clear vision for yourself, your team, and your client. 

• Introduction
• What is a Treatment?
• Introducing Your Vision
• Finding Inspiration
• Script and Story
• Building the "World"
• Locations, Talent, Pacing
• Production Elements
• Image Research
• Layout and Design
• Final Thoughts