Introduction to lip-sync

In today's lesson we were introduced to lip-syncing. Lip-syncing is when a artist or an actor moves his/hers lips silently in synchronization with a pre-recorded soundtrack. For us to practice lip-syncing we were placed in groups, told to pick a song of our choice, print out the lyrics and practice shooting a lip-synced video. Our group has chosen the song 'Coldplay - Sky Full Of Stars' which we put forward for lip-syncing. I believe that this exercise was very beneficial for our group as we were allowed to practice syncing with the track as well as choosing the right environment and cinematography.

To shoot our lip-sync video we have chosen an outdoor location, in the park next to our school. As a result of this we were provided with a sufficient lighting on our actor which allowed for clear focus. Additionally by us choosing an outdoor location to shoot the video we were allowed to refer to the songs title 'Sky Full Of Stars' by shooting the sky which we then will implement into the lip-sync video. I believe that the right setting in a video is essential as it should reflect the songs mood as well as refer to its lyrics, therefore I believe that we were quite successful as selecting the right location.

Another key are which we had paid a lot of attention to was the actors body language. While shooting our lip-sync we have chosen to use a close-up to present half of the persons face, focusing on his lips. The song which we have chosen to lip-sync includes a hybrid of both quite and loud singing therefore we had to make sure that our video reflects this very well. To do so we have at first tested out the actors ability to reflect the tone of the voice in the song by playing the music via a phone and seeing how it looks on camera without recording. When we have pointed out any areas to improve and checked that the actor is lip-syncing correctly, we have then moved on to recording it on camera.

After successfully recording the needed shots we have moved our footage onto the computer which we then would use for editing using Adobe Premier. Next lesson we will begin editing the footage together and adding the song in order to come up with a perfect lip-sync video. I am looking forward to the next lesson as I would again be allowed to challenge myself and learn something new from the Adobe Premier software, improving my skills at creating a lip-synced video.

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