Lip Sync Tutorial Reflection

I think that the lip syncing exercise was very necessary as it gave me a sense of what it would be like to create an actual music video. My role in my group was to be the performer; I had to lip sync and dance which I eventually adapted to, even though singing and dancing is not really my forte. We were forced to repeat some shots several times due to my coming out of role by either laughing or forgetting the lyrics; this was very time consuming.

I learnt the essentials that contribute in the making of a music video, such as how to portray the correct emotions that the song is conveying in order to make it look believable and realistic. I also realised the importance of planning and learning the lyrics to the song. I was not familiar with the song and therefore the lyrics which was a burden as our time was limited, but we got the shots that we needed and headed straight to the editing suite.

When we begun to edit our video we found it to be more difficult than we expected; we had not attained enough shots. In addition we did not have much of a variety of camera shots/angles. I found the editing of the video tedious and quite exasperating as it proved to be difficult to get the clips to be in sync with each other and with the song.

Throughout the editing process I extended my knowledge and experience on certain tools; the ‘razorblade’ tool was very useful, and though I hadn’t used it much before, I will definitely use it for future purposes. I also learnt that the use of markers is vital when creating a base track in order to match the lip syncing with the song.

At first the lip syncing task seemed pretty straight forward as we were watching the media technician demonstrate how it is done, however when we put our newly learnt skills into practice I realized it was going to be a little harder than I expected.