Lip sync tutorial commentary

By doing this activity, I have learned the importance of knowing all the words and the correct rhythm of the song so when you o to the editing process of matching the video with the music, it looks convincing and realistic. This activity also taught me the importance of planning and also how we should shoot the groups own music video so it is as successful as possible. When we were filming the lip syncing, we ended up filming the same thing easily over 10 times because we had done some parts wrong which not only became tedious and annoying, but it was too time consuming. This exercise has given me the knowledge of what to do for the future so the final music video is filmed well and efficiently.
The main things that I thought was the most challenging was getting all the clips together in Final Cut Pro and getting them all in sync with each other. This was because during the filming, not all of the clips started from the beginning so during editing, not all of the clips started from the beginning, making the task of editing harder for us. Another thing which was challenging was filming the same thing over and over again. For Jasmine, who was the person in front of the camera, it was a very laborious task to have the same expression over and over again when it is the 7th or 8th time she has done the same thing. By the end, everyone had had enough of it and I think you can see in some parts of the video (in the previous blog post). Some parts show her enthusiastic which is from the first lot of filming and then in some parts, her 'deadpan reaction' which shows the latte part of the filming process.
During the editing process, many things were learned. I learned how to use the 'razorblade' tool in a more effective way and also layer tracks and videos. I learned how to lock and unlock tracks and delete parts that were in the middle of the footage with ease. The editing process showed me the importance of going to different shots on the beat of the song and just how bed it looked if you changed shots off time. It was also refreshed my memory of all the other editing techniques that I had learned from the previous year when we done the thriller title sequences.
With the editing, I found that it differs dramatically from the opening of a thriller film. For example, when editing the opening of a thriller film, the main concern is to make sure that each shot doesn't last on the screen for too long or you could risk losing the audiences full attention. However, with the music videos, the beat plays a major part in how the video should be edited. When editing the lip syncing video we tried to stick with this type of editing and a new shot is established at the end of a beat. With music videos, the footage has to be tailored and edited around the music whereas with the thriller title sequences, it is the other way round. That in my opinion is the main difference which makes the editing process of music videos different from thriller title sequences.