We were given a song, (He's the Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge ) , a video camera, a CD player and a large sheet of lyrics. We had an hour to film and the edit using Final Cut Pro with the following brief;
- Sing don't mime
- Do NOT use a tripod
- Film at least 3 base tracks
- Use a variety of shot types
From this I learnt how to make a music video using multiple base tracks. At first it was difficult to get the video in sync as you had to pay close attention to the mouth of the singer. I used markers (for the first time on Final Cut Pro) at certain points of the song in both the base tracks and the song track, this allowed me to match the video to the song easier.
One of the problems I found was that it is very important to pronounce the words of the song correctly and clearly when filming as it helps when it comes to syncing the video in Final Cut. Also, that because we couldn't use a tripod we had to remain very still when holding this camera, it sounds simple enough but proved to be very difficult when you had to film for the whole song.
When editing a music video it's key to cut the video in time with the beat in the song, as it helps to give the video structure and makes it flow, making the video more appealing.
This video shows the different angles we played around with but was not our final piece:
This is a youtube video explaining how to use Final Cut Pro for lip syncing:
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