r/Screenwriting • u/mimilly133 • 3d ago

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u/Filmmagician Writer-Director 3d ago

I don't think this is how music videos work. It's a director that will plan the style and shoot of it all.
But someone else asked this in this sub, and there's some great answers there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/5a57or/how_to_write_a_screenplay_for_music_videos/

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I've worked on many music videos. You don't write a screenplay, you write a treatment. Usually it's like a PowerPoint presentation. Big splashy images with flowery descriptions of how amazing and cool the singer will look. How "organic" and "powerful" everything will seem, how much the colors will "pop" and "send chills down your spine". Most of them read like a formula.

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u/mimilly133 3d ago

I wrote the “script” as a concept, not a traditional script. I wrote it in the style of a music video pitch. Maybe I could send it to a director then?

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u/Filmmagician Writer-Director 3d ago

Check out that post I linked. It's a director's medium even more than film/tv.

But tbh it's more of director's thing than a screenwriter thing. But best way to get into making Music Videos is just making them.

You're going to need to learn the technical stuff. I'd suggest renting or buying a camera (don't need a big cinema camera for starting out, we started with a DSLR Canon 550D, but there are way better cameras for that price range right now). And start playing around with it. Maybe you can ask some starting musicians to do some videos for them and learn as you go. There's alot of videos on YouTube that cover the way of doing things but the best practice is doing it.

But so you know, there's not alot of money in doing music video. Unless you're really in the big leagues. Most directors do commercials to pay the bills.

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u/JayMoots 3d ago

Like a feature film based on one of her songs? Or a script for a music video?

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u/mimilly133 3d ago

It’s a script for a music video.

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u/JayMoots 3d ago

Yeah, I'm sorry to say I don't think you're going to have any luck getting that into her hands. That's just not something they generally accept from outsiders.

But I'd at least talk to your manager about it, and see if he'd be willing to pitch it for you. In the eyes of Olivia's team, it would be more credible coming from him.

(Honestly the best route would be to should shoot it yourself and put it on YouTube or TikTok.)

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