Lip Syncing

Lip syncing is where an singer or actor moves their lips in a synchronised manner to the pre-recorded soundtrack in order to create the perception that they are signing or saying those words.

In starting the A2 course this aspect of music videos is one of the first pieces of information we did. My class and I looked at "All About That Bass" by Megan Trainor. We started the day being put into groups and shown three different stations where we could film. Each group had 3 or 4 people in it. One of which would be behind the camera and the rest in front. 

The 3 different stations were, one, a small set with a blacked our fire place. The second was a sofa with a large green screen behind it and the final was another small set with neon lights and a bright backdrop. 

After we had finished filming one of the sets we would move on to the next, until we had used all of them. At that point was where our first lesson was over and the next day we would return to edit and sync our lip reading and the music together. We did this by using the same software as last year when editing our two minute thriller sequences. However we organised our footage into groups of which set they were filmed in as that would help us navigate making the process easier and quicker for us to go ahead with.

After two lessons of working through the lip sync my partner and I (Callum Henderson) finished our lip sync. the final product is below.