How I Lost $15,000 Shooting A Music Video (HUGE MISTAKE)
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Crazy suggestion: give the footage to your followers for an edit competition, then see who comes up with a better story in the edit.
Sometimes we are in problems that we can't see solutions to, but others around us might find one.
I am highly interested in editing this for free.99
I was about to suggest that too
I’m down for this !
That would be sickkk I’m down
I second this idea !!!
I'm down too. Sounds fun.
Some other director would have never spoken about this the way you just did. I thought I was the only one who dealt issues like that. Big props to you for this.
'As a fellow director it's refreshing to see someone use their setbacks as a way to educate others. I respect your content and hope for more success from you. Chin up dude and stay constructive.' - John Clay
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our setbacks is how we learn!
shoulda gave us a step by step what you would've done different, I think that would've helped alot
I don’t think he knows just yet but I’m sure it will come to him.
he did mention some things, more time for preparation, longer venue time. More time for attention to detail. More time really would have helped him out.
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I have a lot of respect for someone that owns their mistakes. Huge respect man.
Love the realness bro. Not everyone would admit a failure & how you explained that was super insightful & respectable 🤝 good work
I've had some terrible stories as well. My favorite one is when my client got to the jail in the middle of the editing process and asked me to send the money back and forget about the music video. I'm gonna collect some interesting moments and share them one day on my channel. Experience and wisdom are everything. Thanks for the video
damn dude haha! that's crazy man. What did you end up doing?
@@therealjp1116 Idk how serious it was, but It took around 3 month before he got out from there. That music video was made, it looks fine and I gort paid, so everything is fine haha
Keep your head up man! We’ve all been there. Try to get back to it in a while and your view on it will have significantly changed. Then try to see what other story is hiding in there and what you might need to add (shooting wise) to make it work. We always have the saying: a film is made 3 times, first in writing, then in shoot and finally in edit. Goodluck!
Much respect I've had this happen with a cinematic wedding.
You’re a real one bro. Social media is engineered to show us the sparkle and shine and yet, you’re open to show us your L’s. Respect bro, keep up the great content.
Good ish, been watching you for a long time always quality vids!!
Your openness to share this is truly going to help so many people. Thank you so much! 🙏🏽
Very honest baring your soul ….we all learn from this type of experience . Its never a waste and remember it is better to have tried and failed than to have failed to try !
Amen!🙏🏼 💯
Had one of my biggest shoots end up this way in the last year and felt like it was all my fault and it really hit my confidence. Really helps to hear an experienced shooter talk about how a big project getting scrapped after the fact because it didn't pan out as expected. Appreciate you YC
Not the “for real for real” 😂😂 scratching yo beard. Love this vid
Really appreciate the share. When creatives talk about their “failures” in the way that you do here, it’s refreshing because it’s something we all go through. Way to look on the bright side and grow, bro. Thanks! 🙏🏾 Also best movie of the year so far is Swan Song for me :) But I haven’t seen Everything Everywhere All at Once yet so…
Quick notification and boom ! My dawg YC w/ the upload
I learned so much from this video. No so much the technical aspect (a lot of it is over my head) but the fact that so much was learned and experienced in a project that some would consider (incorrectly) a failure. Reminds me that perfection is not the goal, PROGRESS is the goal.
Try telling that to a paying client though.
I’ve worked on a documentary on a college campus and stayed at the campus for a whole week sun rise to sun down hours of shooting and it never came out but I’m glad I got to capture what I did
Glad to hear you emphasize the importance of the story itself, above all; the importance of adequate preparation; what an experienced specialized lighting & grip team brings; & the importance of safety on set. Your honesty here will keep someone else from "just winging it"😆😆.
I've had a few horror stories. One in particular is when I trusted the wrong crew members who didn't do a great job & the client had hidden expectation that weren't communicated that was revealed after shooting. The client didn't pay the remaining amount & the video never made it out of post. In the end I take accountability of trusting people not right for the project & making sure that the client signs off on everything, even the storybaord (we did have a normal contract). Especially when it comes to musicians, you never know, and when it rains it pours with complications.
Thank you for sharing this bro. Its gonna save others in situations like this. Great insight for me
Always love when I get a yc notification!
Thanks for being so forthcoming with things when they don't go right. Lessons learned from mistakes are the easiest ones to remember. ;) YES!! Lighting is so incredibly important, and having a team you can tell "I'd like this kinda look with that kinda mood" and they bring it, and say "What do you think," and sure enough, there it is. Lately I've been getting a lot of work to do lighting (I do everything), and it's enabled me to learn a lot. Besides watching more videos on lighting the experience on other people's set is invaluable. This will help me even more as a DP. I've found I want to shoot indoor daytime scenes at night because when it is all artificial light I have total control over the light for the whole scene. The angle of the sun never changes, and thus the shadows and angles of light stay consistent through the whole scene, no matter how long it takes to shoot. Also, how many times have clouds ruined your lighting? This doesn't happen at night when all the "daylight" coming into the set is your own lights.
Fascinating to hear, both on the aspects that were valuable and where the project didn't meet expectations and why not. And also what did really work. Great to get a sense of what is involved in a project like this, and to see plenty of footage of the production process. Appreciate the transparent sharing of how it felt to decide to shelve the project. I found watching this video very interesting and helpful.
Noti Squad!! I know it good material so I automatically liked lol 😅🙏🏿❤️ Keep Striving YC 🙏🏿
Hey bro I appreciate your honesty on your project. It’s refreshing to hear this from guys like you and not pretend we don’t experience taking L’s. I sure have lol.
Would love to see you direct more narrative music videos as well. Stay grinding my G 💯
Your honesty as into the complications of production as well pre and post along with the mistakes that we all make at one time another through the path of our careers was refreshing to hear! Respect! 👍🏾🙏🏾
Huge respect for acknowledging deficiencies, and sharing learning experiences. So important, valuable, and not spoken about enough, due to stigma etc. we learn from skateboarders who fall and fall but eventually get the trick. This is similar. Skateboarders don’t care about stigma, they just keep going.
One of my biggest fears as a filmmaker is getting Access to my dream camera and shooting "bad" videos...I understand that there is alot of trial & error that takes place in the process of growing but I really wouldn't want to mess up...I got worried when I saw this video but thank you for sharing
I’m sure this has been the best way you could’ve used those $15k- the experience gained is priceless. Happy to hear you learned from the “mistake” or shall I say “Lesson”.
Keep showing up!
Keep creating !
Such a great example that story is EVERYTHING. You can have all the great gear, team, and resources but if the story doesn't make sense or isn't impactful, nothing else matters. Thank you for sharing this to helps others learn about storytelling.
Thanks for sharing! Amira looks good... cannot believe you could salvage the footage in the edit... it looks really good!
Awsome Bro!
Bro, I really appreciate your transparency. Most of us already know that you’re a great artist/videographer/director. Keep doing your thing. 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Great vid. Refreshing to see set backs and how we can learn from them. Not many people have the confidence to talk about set backs, but they are way more helpful than success stories.
Producers are major key, my friend. Im glad you had fun doing it, thats really all that matters
Thanks for everything you share with us!
are we just not going to talk about the DP's Butt hanging out at 4:58 ??????????
Knowledge is Power 🙌🏽., this is 💯💯💯… thank you Professor YC 🎓🎓
Keep elevating, that just made you better my G! We need mistakes.
Thanks for sharing
Love your honesty in your failure, shows your high level of maturity 🤗
Your experience is worth more than gold. Thank you for sharing your stories, experience, and insight. Much wisdom.
Thanks for sharing 😜. Any chance to have access to that footage, I don't mind low resolution, it could be a nice exercise to try to edit it 😉.
So does PPA cover Videographers too?
Big Boss I keep celebrating you 🎉💯💥💯📽
Could you able to share the budget sheet on how do you allotted what kind of money to cast, travel expense for 15k? and also how did you manage the actors, do they need some place to stay etc and bathrooms?
Good insight
Would REALLY love to hear you walk us through why the story didn’t end up working from where you started. Story is the hardest thing. Everything else can be methodically perfected over time.
Whats the link on the tube lights you guys used for video shoot!?
I really dont comment alot but as a photographer who tries sliding into the video business that really opened my eyes. I love how you stand your man and admit to fucking up. You dont really see that alot. I always thought people that are in the industry for years dont make mistakes. Greetings from austria🇦🇹 keep it up!!
Been there bro but you only get better!!
honestly, as someone who struggles with finishing projects I find this video refreshing. Always be learning.
Oh man.. its a shame the video wont be coming out, watching this made me want to see it. Good thing though as you said it must have been a great learning experience. And at the end of the day the only way to gain true experience is to work on projects even if they fail or dont.
It's not how hard you fall, it's how you get up.
Great video 📸
Can I please get your opinion on something? I've seen so many people rave about how amazing the Sony G master 24mm wide angle lens is, but I don't recall seeing anyone talk about the G master 35mm. And I have a feeling a 35mm is going to work better for my needs. I just got my A7IV and want to get a really good lens, but it's going to be my only really good lens for the time being so I want to make sure it's going to be versatile enough for what I need. I get occasional paid gigs doing birthday parties, family photos, etc. but I don't go searching for jobs so it's pretty rare. My main need is to start filming music videos for my own music.
Can I get away with using the 24mm to do all my performance shots and b roll for rap music videos? Or am I right that a 35mm would do way better? And have you heard anything on the 35mm G master? It's just as expensive as the 24mm, so I'm hoping it is just as good.
Thanks!
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Super dope. Never been on set like that before thanks for the heads up
Appreciate your honesty! Next time bro!
is it common for a dp to also shoot? is that in small budget stuff or gemerally?
this was awsome video hope one day we do see the video even though it was not to your expectations we can always appreciate all effort that went to project have a good one god bless
Dope!
Great to hear of stuff that went wrong as well as right. I agree that the devil is in the detail often - it would be good to see exactly what it was in the story that didn’t hold together. This Friday I’m shooting a script for a spec ad I wrote and having shot a lot of other people’s stuff I’m so aware of how things can turn out not the way they were imagined…
i hope you'll find some creative way to make the story ok, maybe some reshoot with the same mood and props hinting something in the story or even stock footage if it can make the story more linked
So much respect for you
Man, I was really looking forward to seeing the finished music video just from the lighting and the Arri camera. Hopefully you all change your mind in the future. Let's be honest, we've all seen plenty of hit videos with stories we either don't understand or makes sense, but visually it looks great. Props though on always raising the levels of production.
The location with the circular archway looks a lot like a location the guys from Corridor shot at not too long ago, always cool seeing how the same place can be used so differently by artists if that's the case.
Set backs happen and sometimes projects fall through which sucks. As someone who works crew it gets frustrating putting in time and effort and usually failed projects are usually only worth it for like the above the line type people because they get the "oh look at me doing dope stuff making money doing my passion" type of content for themselves. No shade or anything but it gets a little demoralizing when your crew carrying the team on your back and sometimes paid very little if anything 😅
Something to think about for all directors and producers out there, you have hope riding on your shoulders 🙌🏽
Something similar already happened with me! You are awesome man! Thanks for being honest! Respect
EVERYTHING starts with the script, a good one! It also has happened to me and this lesson was so bitter that as a director I would never go back to a film set without a good script!
Just changed up my business insurance, already know I came back over here just to hit that link on the PPA hookup. Thanks YC.
I have a similar story in a lot of ways, this just gave me the push to finish shooting the story telling portion of the video and talk about how my music video shoot fell apart after I had already shot everything. Basically things were rushed, I hired a bad AC, and the client never paid me because he couldn’t afford to finish mixing the songs and so no music videos came out of that busy week of shooting.
I must have missed something. PolarPro gave you the money to do the shoot, so how do you lose anything? Did you have to pay it back?
$15k lesson is how I see it man, you saved way more in future projects from this one, love the vulnerability man.
Experience is everything man. I had a similar experience shooting a short film. I had everything, actors, great script, location, and crew but it just didnt come out well because of my poor planning.
This crazy cause I'm preparing to shoot my 1st music video and my biggest concern is the story I have in my mind not coming together in the edit
edit it in after effects with some 3d work and crazy effects and nobody will care about the story. like brthr do their edits
Helpful video. I was (crackin') up at 8:50....😁
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Best movie of the year: The Batman
TV show I watched last week: Succession
Kendrick album: Complex, Real, Artistic, Though provoking
Thanks for sharing this content btw!
Been there. Feel you. Respect.
Transparency was top notch on this video.
dope vid bro.. kendrick album crazy thats all im listenin to.. did u watch breaking bad? are you watching better call saul?
Sounds like this was a great learning experience. I’d love to have the chance to use a team like you did.
bro i be watching all your videos when im editing.
Man that was a dope shoot! I was wondering when u we’re gonna speak on it
Good video. Good lesson to learn this early in your career. :) #goodwork
So question, since the video didn't meet expectations and 15k was sorta wasted but not really do you have to pay back the company what they invested or was that given to yal with a sign off of. If the video comes out or not here is 15k
I wouldn’t mind editing this video for your camp. I believe We can save you all on this project. The set ups was dope, I know the shots clarity. It doesn’t hurt to try and will be a big breath of fresh air once the results come back
Today I learned that music videos are supposed to have stories. 😆 You destroyed all the MTV I grew up on as a kid.
PPA contracts are valid for USA law?
I had similar experience shooting a music video recently so it feels good that I’m not alone! Pulled off some small miracles to shoot a music video but it just WASNT cohesive when looking at it from the edit.
I appreciate and I’ve learned from you
Did it ever come out?
Sorry this happened to you man, but I’m glad you showed this mistake to the world for education. I respect it.
I am so curious to see how it turned out I am sure most people who watch it will go ohh that's very cool and wouldn't even notice whatever it is you thought you missed haha 🤔
We all take L's. But they are just lessons. It sucks to lose the story and throw it away. But it only makes you better for the next one.
Do you have room for any other editor bc I feel like I rushed your test video lol 😂
Multi multi location days can be nuts, sorry to hear that you got upside down on it. Maybe a clip or two could still be used as bite-sized content, if the artist and you are cool with that?
Sounds like the painful lesson here is “board-out the shoot, and shoot the boards.“
Hey @YCImaging,
Could it be interesting to release this footage for people to play with? I for example would love to colorgrade this footage. You could even give the footage to people for a small fee and recoup some of that 15k ;)
I once had to refund a client 1,200 cause my son chewed up the memory card 😑. Ain’t nothing like them L’s (lessons).
yoooooo why you expose DP shawn like that🤣 4:59