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My man.... The only music vid rule I know is: thou must entertain. Do u, bro. Your band does lack energy around the 1:00-minute mark. Either liven up or make cuts quicker. You guys are so cool you look bored. Just my humble opinion. I do like the song! Hope this helps. Always here for U.

Thanks David - this is a good example that you gave, where the song is not very top-pop but the story keeps you playing the video to the end...

Shawn, thanks for your input. Entertainment has a very wide meaning. Agree, 1 minute intro may be too long ..

Well this is a very interesting topic that I've thought about a lot since I have done a few music videos.

One thing that has always bothered me has been this exact problem. Why do so many bands and musicians focus on showing themselves playing the music or something that doesn't really contain a story.

Well what I've always tried to explain to the artists is that their music is a story and people who already like their music will by their music to listen and go to their concerts and watch them live (when it was and will be possible).

So what's the purpose of the music video, well that's easy marketing the song which is the product of course and promoting the band.

Well in my view that means that you have to capture the people who don't yet know the music or the band visually and keep them glued to the screen until there's music to be heard so that they can get used to it and maybe watch and listen to something else from the same band.

Considering this that means that you absolutely have to tell an interesting story in order to capture the audience and that's exactly what I've tried to do in all the music videos that I have produced and directed.

Of curse showing a story in such a short time is challenging but I always try to look at it this way, if the band can tell a story with the song/music then of course you can show the story visually.

But how to do that and where to find a story, well in my experience the best inspiration for the story has always been the song lyric plus the background of how the song was written. That's where the magic is always hidden.

I've been to work with artist who have given me the creative freedom to tell a story that compliments their songs and judging form their feedbacks and the feedback they receive on the videos I think we've done a good job so far.

But of course the second part of this also has to do with a budget. Most bands don't have much of a budget to work with since not a lot of bands are signed by labels and try to do it on their own. So you're stuck with virtually no budget and have to make a story which can always be done if there's sufficient interest in reaching the goal.

Here's a recent music video that was just released a few weeks ago and the budget was minimal and not worth mentioning. Plus we had the whole corona thing to deal with making it harder but we still did it.

(Just for fun my inspiration behind the story was something along the lines of Aerosmith Crazy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diE_1tHK-dc

Vital Butinar That looks like a bar I'd want to be at. Also pretty neat showing the Perfect Girls' dual life. The song fits the story. I'm in the process of making a rap music so that will be interesting.

Well I do read alot and study how it works etc. But I do believe that why not deconstruct the establishment. The beat generation won't happen if they didn't do it. Well it's just my opinion. There are no right or wrong answer to creativity :)

You're one of those guys who doesn't identify in and wants to reinvent the wheel. That's cool. I've been there - done that. But a master storyteller knows structure is the same as playing on a field or court. Show your skills within the boundaries and you shine. Try running out of bounds wIth the ball and see how far you get before the whistle blows. Pros knows structure and genre, and unless we do, we won't go pro. You can bet the bank on that. We make it harder on ourselves when we try to reinvent the wheel.

Save yourself time by learning your genre like the back of your hand. TRUBY'S MASTER STORYTELLER CLASSES are the sh@@. I own all of his audio lectures on iTunes.

I appreciate your comments. But as a filmmaker, My masters are PT Anderson, Jon Ronson, Lynne Ramsay. before you say I'm one of those people, I actually learn scriptwriting and quit. I just want to learn the basics and I want to write how i want to write, call me stubborn but that's how it is. fyi ive read John Truby's The Anatomy of story. I feel that's my Jam

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Hi Kelly, good to meet you, screenwriter here!

Hi Kelly, welcome abroad!

Thank you everybody for such warm welcomes!! ❤️

Welcome aboard KellyWelcome aboard Kelly

Welcome to our family, Kelly! I'll follow up on Amanda's questions. What are your goals on S32? What's your area of expertise? .... Always here for your questions :)

Hello Gene, welcome!

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That's what's up! Welcome

Thanks everyone!

Nice to meet you Huzaifah!

Likewise Matteo. Wish to just get to the plane and just make movies outside my country. Haha

Nice meeting you

Welcome, Layooluwa!