Week 6 - Lip-sync Editing Practise

Grace Watson
9 March 2021
Media Studies
Week 6 - Lip-sync Editing Practise

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This week we, as a team, filmed a few practice shots of one of our group members - Levi Wijohn - singing along to the song we're using for our music video - "What Other People Say". These practice shots were taken from various angles and different camera positions. We ensured the lighting on stage looked fairly to similar to the look we're going for in our official music video. Thereafter, I combined the footage and paired it with the soundtrack (clean version) using Adobe Premier Pro.

Below is the clean lyric video of the song, and below that four resources which provide tips and tricks on excellent lip-sync editing.

Tips and Tricks for Editing a Music Video

Linked below is my Advanced Portfolio Lip-sync editing practice video. This video only includes 15 seconds worth of the second chorus, and so although it is short, it did allow me some helpful practice of lip-syncing which proved to not be so difficult at all.

Once I exported and posted the video to YouTube, it seems as though it's layout does not fit the entire rectangle of YouTube. Although not a major deal, I plan on fixing this layout when exporting and posting my final product so that right from the get go it appears more professional and well-done.

Overall I would say this first attempt is looking pretty good. I quite like the lighting so far. It's relatively similar to what we're going for on filming day - dark and moody. However, I would like there to be more dark brown, black and dark navy blue hues of lighting as opposed to the bright purple when it comes to our official filming days.

We actually filmed these shots in the auditorium of our church because our planned location - the sanctuary - was being used at the time. Because of how successfully the practice shots came out, we now know that if we for some reason end up having to film in the auditorium again on film day, it will be all good. One reservation is the look of the draped curtains. I'm not a huge fan of that look - feel as though it lessons some of that professional element, where on the main sanctuary stage there are no curtains but rather a really professional stage-like look.

Although I managed to cut away these shots, in some moments of the shots we captured, Levi Wijohn almost looks like he's smiling. This is not ideal as it has the ability to really ruin the believability and verisimilitude of a shot. We'll need to make sure that when filming our final product no one smiles when not supposed to, and that instead whilst singing both singers appear distressed and devastated.

I'm quite proud of the camera angles we've captured as a team, and also really happy with how my lip-sync editing came out - think it looks realistic and professional.

Something that really made the lip-syncing process and matching the audio of the song to the mouth movement of the talent so much easier was the fact that we actually played the song aloud whilst filming and got Levi Wijohn to sing along with the song out loud. This creates a realistic and believable image and is therefore something we plan on doing again when filming for the real deal - the Advanced Portfolio.

The inspiration to do this was ignited by Damon Cooper in his YouTube video (linked below) where he shared practical tips for the filming and editing processes of creating our music video.

I'm really happy with this first attempt, and excited to continue learning and growing whilst expanding my knowledge on music videos and how to create them.