Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on July 11, 1999 and is currently on a hiatus as of 2009. MTV2 has a similar show entitled [Name of Band/Artist] Makes a Video that has featured artists such as 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.
Making the Video (Season 5)
Lady Marmalade *2001 VMA Best Video Winner* (Episode 1)
Air date: 2001-04-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Making the Video of the Year for 2001 from the ""Moulin Rouge"" movie soundtrack.
Best Years of Our Lives (Episode 2)
Air date: 2001-05-07
Runtime: 30 min
Elevation (Episode 3)
Air date: 2001-05-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: U2 films the video from the ""Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"" soundtrack.
Pop (Episode 4)
Air date: 2001-05-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The first single and video from *NSync's third album ""Celebrity"".
Bootylicious (Episode 5)
Air date: 2001-06-04
Runtime: 30 min
Can I Live (Episode 6)
Air date: 2001-06-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Single off of Sisqo's second album.
I'm Real (Episode 7)
Air date: 2001-06-26
Runtime: 30 min
Area Codes (Episode 8)
Air date: 2001-07-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ludacris films video from ""Rush Hour 2"".
