Oliver All grove is an executive producer of Passion Pictures who has been involved in a 

number of music video productions, and low budget films.

http://www.passion-pictures.com/

He came in to talk to us about the process of making music videos, the issue we may face and how to overcome them. Using a music video that the company did back in 2007, as an example, he showed us how a low budget, allows you to explore more creative ways of producing artistic imagery. 

In the music video he sampled, they had to show someone jumping off a roof with an umbrella. a stunt which cost in the thousands of £££ to do, they explored the idea, and decided that the best thing to do, was to attach a camera to some wether balloons, and shoot first person, then switch back when the feet were meant to touch the ground.

He was very clear about not fixing anything in post-production and editing, saying "we will fix it in post", is a very big risk to take, because if you can't, you have to organise another shoot day, which is expensive and time consuming, and there is the continuity issue. So, we heeded that advice. 

He also talked about studio locations, and that it is surprisingly better and cheaper to go abroad to shoot than to shoot in Britain, it could save us the best part of £200,000 on a project, to got to Prague, than to shoot in London. We must always properly investigate our options, as there may be a better deal, with less to pay.

Conclusion

He made us understand that we can explore more and be more creative, even on a low / minimal budget, we will apply the idea of doing as much as is humanly possible on set, because a. It looks better, if we get in right, b. you can't always fix it in post.