Reflecting on the AS year- lip sync tutorial.

Back in June, we did a lip sync tutorial so that we could learn how to match the video clips and what the band was singing and doing to the music/song that went along with it.

We were given a series of clips shot for a music video; all the band members (guitarist, drummer and bassist) shot at different angles, and several of the lead singer from different perspectives, from the back, front and side. We were also given the recording of the music to go along with the shots.

First we had to line up the music with the shots we wanted to use, we did this by putting a marker at a certain part of the music, e.g. when the first word is sung, and do the same on the shots used, then line the markers up so that the music is in sync with the video.

Then we had to choose which part of the video would be shown at what time, our teacher told us to make markers at every beat of the song, this way the shots could be changed every four beats to keep the video interesting and constantly changing, but also keeping in rhythm with the song. There was also a master shot (base track) which we would keep going back to throughout the song, this is used in most music videos, I chose the profile shot of the lead singer as I thought it looked really effective with the style of music being played.

This was very helpful as now i know how to edit my music video so that it completely fits in with the song.