Lip syncing task

The following clip is our lip syncing task, where my group and I filmed and edited a clip in order to understand the importance of getting the lip sync correct and in time to the music, while also adding a number of new editing techniques.

 

 For our lip syncing task, we chose the song 'Too Close' by Alex Clare. By filming and editing the music video, we were able to gain valuable skills in order to develop our editing skills, and learn the new tools as the editing system has been updated. During the filming, we had the music playing in the background so we could make sure the lip singing was kept in time, so when we added it to the editing software, the timing was good. We could then cancel the sound of the background music in the editing room and then added the official audio clip to it. We added a title at the beginning as we forgot to film something before the singing so it was added as an introduction. This is a mistake we can learn from before we film the real task. We also added a number of different transitions to make the flow of the video better and try and use and discover as many techniques as possible. The first video edit we made was to duplicate the same clip 4 times and put it in each corner of the screen. We then zoomed in, using Adobe Premiere Pro to the mouth, which acted as an extreme close up. During the next instrumental, we had to film more footage, doing something a bit different, so we had to re-film after editing the majority of the footage. Therefore we can learn by this through taking our time when we film the real music video and film each shot a number of times so we have a wider variety to choose from. Soon after, another transition was made, and we filmed Daniel Aboudy and edited it in black and white. The next clip we added a trio of colours to, which made it look more modern and funky. The video ended with a two shot of Daniel and myself lip singing to the video. The task overall helped us to get used to the new software, to develop our video edits, as well as getting to know a larger variety of different transitions.