Create a music video treatment for your favorite song.

ASSIGNMENT

Today's assignment is to pick your favorite song, and start creating a music video treatment for that song. How will you convey the concept that's in your head?

Some of the building blocks to consider for your treatment:

Introduce your vision. Why are you excited to create this project?
Describe the "world" in which your music video takes place.
Start telling the visual story of this song – what goes through your mind as you listen?
What do the characters look like? What era or location is it set in?

DELIVERABLE

Use your Project Workspace to start building your treatment.

Upload images and text to describe your vision (you can grab screenshots from DVDs or Blu-rays).

It doesn't have to be a completely polished final presentation – start with the building blocks from the class, and add to it as you go along. Get feedback from your fellow students, and iterate.

I look forward to seeing your projects!

RESOURCES

Tools I Use

Pages for iOS (for physical layout of the treatment)

Recommended Skillshare Classes

Indie Filmmaking: Achieving the Blockbuster Look on a DIY Budget (Nguyen-Anh Nguyen)
Filmmaking Shortcuts: DIY Tricks for Experimental Short Films (Matty Brown)
Short Films: Capturing the Cinematic Moment (Gabriel Noguez)

Simon Lintner

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