Making a music video

Finance
. The potential sources of finance : such as advertising, sponsership, supscribiton fees, over price, sales and rental charges
. The expenditure: Covering such elements such as equipment, materials, transport costs, crew, personal facility hire

Time



Personnel
. Sourcing the right personnel for a media production is another important aspect of the pre-production process and you will need to ensure that your production team is the right size and each member is reliable

Facilities
. Any creative media production will involve the use of production equipment and facilities to capture, record, edit and manipulate the raw material to the finished product.

Materials
. All media products require raw materials for the actual content and you can plan to gather and generate this raw material in various ways. Some will be original material that you are planning to produce yourself.
. Undertaking a series of test shoots or recordings can help you further develop your ideas during the pre productive stage, help you to decide what original material you will be able to use.

Location
. It is important to check out appropriate locations during the pre production phase. This can save lots of time and money during the production stage. Having crew, talent and equipment out on location can very expensive and so you need to maximise the amount of material that you can produce in the shortest possible time

Copyright
. You may want to use some existing archive material, such as photographs or film footage, material from a sound or photogenic library or sourced from the internet, or some existing music or graphics
. Website (www.ipo.gov.uk)

Codes of Practice and Regulation
. One of the reasons that media companies undertake pre-production work is to make sure that what they are planning to produce adheres to the relevant codes of practice, laws and regulations that govern and control their industry

Public liability 
This is another legal requirement for companies and organisations who are involved in creative media production, particularly when they are recording on location where members of the group
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