Lip Sync

My class and I took part in a lip sync day. We filmed, choreographed and edited the song Megan Trainors ‘All about that Bass’. In groups we all took part in the different stages. First of all I started by taking part in front of the camera and lip sinking myself to the song, this was really good as it meant I got to experience how hard it really is to get the timing of the song and your lips moving together to make it look realistic. This was a good lesson for when I get closer to making my actual music video, as I know that it will be hard to get our singers to look good and professional. Despite being a very bad dancer I did find I improved as we retook each shot and this again will help in the future as I learnt its important to redo each shot and things to happen first time around.

Secondly I had a go behind the camera which was a Sony FS 100,  Sony FX3 and then the Cannon 5D and shot a few takes of my fellow peers who were lip-syncing. Being behind the camera shooting myself was good as I had to make sure the camera was in focus fully as well as using varied creative shots which meant the end product was not boring. I did struggle initially as there was constant movement from the dancers and props being moved around therefore I had to be carful where I positioned the camera and how this looked. On top of this we took turns to have a floor manager who was essentially in charge of shouting directions such as “rolling” so we knew when we were to start filming.

The last stage was the editing which was when we moved to the editing studio where we had time in the playback to sync all our shots and video with the music, enabling us to edit them together. After matching the video and getting the timing right we had to choose which takes to use and when, using the snipping tool we were able to shorten and expand shots. After this we had a final video of the song with lots of different people involved.