New to film making need advice

[dbates]

I would do it separately. . . Audacity is a good free sound editor, and there are many video editors out there (heck, Windows has one, though it isn't great).

[JCool]

I know windows has a bad program called Movie maker, but to me that just doesnt have all i want. I want to make it a lot better then Movie maker can on my windows...

any programs that you know of?

My friend told me about Cool Edit Pro and FL Studio, are those good? If so what are good sides about it and what are the bad sides about it?

[thatoneguy]

Avid FreeDV. It's Free, it can do DV... and it's AVID. What more do I need to say?

[blkmaJic]

Sony Vegas ... it'll do exactly what you want it to do

[JCool]

What are good sources of information on how to make a music video? Are there any online sites magazines or anything of that sort that will help me complete my project alot better then me just getting at what to do. I really dont know what i am doing but i do have an idea on how to do it. Is there any tips you guys can give me on how to make it better?

[SKODA]

I worked on zillions of vids.

Here are some standards.

-Try shooting a person who is singing to playback which is slowed down or sped up. You just take note of how much you sped up or slowed down audio track and then apply that same speed change to the video clip. If you are using a video camera, I guess you could just use the audio from the camcorder to help you sync the clip to the original audio track.

-Do lots of optical gags. Try to use persptective and movment to emphasize key moments in the song. Try to discover and expoloit strange or interesting looks produced by your camera.

-Music video editing is an art unto itself. Keep it moving fast so that people don't get a chance to examine your shots too closely.

-Use Lots of Layering, Forground/Background juxtoposition, any film storytelling device that you want to play with.

-Think of a strong color scheme. Find a reference photograph or design which creates a color expression simelar to that of your song. Make all your colours like it using colour correction or just in costume or location choice.

-If you shoot outside without a crew, just confine your shoot to "magic hour," The hour or two before sunset. If your shooting for no money, people don't really want to hang around for more than a few hours anyway. People leave the set when they feel like it, so try to keep it moving and interesting.

-Use camera movment and editing as an expressive instrument to visualize music. That means that when you are holding the camera, don't worry about making it perfect, we want to see that you feel the music.

-Keep a diary beside your bed so that you can write down your bad dreams before you forget them.

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