Music Video in Cappadocia – Turkey? Here I have some tips for organizing your production in Cappadocia. Music video production has become a creative and effective way for artists to market themselves and their songs online or on television. But before the advent of modern digital media, music video production was limited to the industry pros due to the lack of equipment and technical know-how.
How to Shoot a Music Video in Cappadocia – Turkey
To become a professional music video maker, you have to make your style for filmmaking and better to work with a professional team and equipment. here with these helpful tips, you can easily Travel to Cappadocia to make an amazing music video with balloons.
- Make a Contract
- Find your team
- Make a travel plan
- Make storyboard
- Rent equipment
- Rent a Production Car
- Get a permit for shooting
- Start shooting
- Edit your video
- Export your video
1. Make a Contract
Using a video production contract should be a normal part of your workflow with a client. The video production contract should be discussed and signed before any work is started on the project.
2. Find your team
For making every production you need a team who can help you during the shooting or for postproduction, here I want to give you a shortlist crow which you need to collaborate:
Artists/Models/Dancers
The artists/talents will be your main focus for making a video already you have your singer, but maybe you need models or dancers for your music video. If you are coming from out of Turkey to make a music video, I would suggest you get your models or actors from agencies in Istanbul. In Istanbul, you can find a lot of model agencies. Also, to find the list of agencies you could check out the productionparadise.com website.
Makeup artist
Makeup artist– in Istanbul you could find a lot of makeup artist agencies but KUM agency works really professionally and they have a list of the best makeup artists in Turkey.
Stylist
In Istanbul, you could find a stylist, but this part will be one of the most difficult parts of your shooting because you will spend a lot of money on that.
Camera Operator
For professional quality output, you may want to look for a good cinematographer. You can find the list of camera operators in Istanbul here.
Drone operator
A Drone technician will be in charge of the day, here you can find a drone operator list. Don’t forget to get a permit for filming with Drone in Cappadocia.
Technical/Production Crew
Technical/Production Crew– Your technical and/or production crew can assist you in anything, from holding the boom poles to assembling or preparing the music video set. Emerge film solutions will help you to find your Crew in Turkey.
Video Editor
Now you have all the files, and you need to edit them, for getting the best result I recommend you work with professionals because any small mistake in editing can break your final output.
3. Make a Travel Plan for making Music Video in Cappadocia – Turkey
- Book a hotel from Booking.com because sometimes you can find chip prices from there.
- There are 2 airports close to Cappadocia, 1. Kayseri, 2. Nevsehir. Generally, some hotels have transport services.
List of hotels with amazing views with the balloons
4. Make a storyboard
After making an Idea about the song and doing research about location, it’s time to make plans for your shoot. Make a brainstorming with your creative art director, story flow, plans, camera positions actors, positions, and other important factors.
5. Rent equipment
Renting equipment is the thing you have to rent from Istanbul if you have a huge list of equipment, then the rental companies have to send them with the production car, if not you can pay a bit extra money for an airplane and take them with you.
Here you can find the list of rental companies in Istanbul:
6. Rent a Production Car in Cappadocia
Renting a minibus with a driver who can transfer your Crew and your equipment is the best option for you.
7. Get a permit for shooting
One of the important factors for filming in Cappadocia is getting permits for shooting, especially for Drone shooting.
8. Start shooting Music Video in Cappadocia – Turkey
Step by step, start to make a music video. Get the team and equipment ready, first, you will start with makeup and styling, then set up your lights and camera on the location and start to filming.
An important factor for making a music video or filming in Cappadocia!!!!!!!!
- The area is dusty, every time check out the lens and sensor of your camera
- At outside shooting, don’t forget to take an extra battery
9. Edit your video
Now you have your footage and time to spend a lot of time in front of the computer for postproduction. Try to choose professional software for editing. I can recommend Adobe suite software like Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects and for color grading one of the powerful software is DaVinci Resolve.
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