The purpose of this lip syncing task is to learn the skills and importance of miming and matching not only the image, but the composition to the song. We were organised into a small group and were given Taylor Swifts "We are never getting back together" then spent one hour filming the following clips.
The process of creating this miniature music video begins with choosing 2 back drops, and 3 members of the group singing the lyrics out-loud in both settings. The action of saying the words out-loud ensured the music video would later be well synced and look more realistic. It was important to take forward the skills we learnt during composition and framing tasks, and utilize this through the mise en scene and shot types.
After filming this, we uploaded the files to Adobe Premier Pro, where we inserted the full length song as the main audio, and layered the videos above. We used a clip marker to mark important moments in the song, then match to the beat of the video. After matching the videos identically to the song, we un-linked and removed the audio. Next it was necessary to incorporate the shots that were mimed the best and had high quality framing, so this was a precise cutting and choosing process.
I will later combine this task with the narrative workshop in order to create a full preliminary music video. This task has been important in order to learn the process of making a music video, as it de-constructed each stage. I will use these skills next year to create my final construction. I believe our video was very successful considering it was the first experience we have had with lip syncing, and I hope we can only positively improve.
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