24.06.15
Lip Sync Exercise
What we did to prepare:
- For preparation in this shoot there wasn't that much involved, just practicing before take, a little planning on what actions they are going to use and of course making sure people had learned the lyrics to the song.
- If some groups wanted to, they were allowed to bring in costumes and props for the day to incorporate in their video, but very few people did.
What did we do in the studio:
- In the studio there were 3 areas where we were going to shoot for our lip sync exercise for our lip sync video which lasted 30 seconds each, this involved:
- An area with a green screen background
- A fake rock wall which involved a panning movement camera on a dolly
- Finally a sofa set up with a DSLR camera to use
- For the set up we were split into groups of 7 and given approx. 25 minutes to shoot on each area, overall allowing us to get around 6 shots on each area
- To make sure we all were involved in the making of our video as a team, we had 3 on the camera and 3 in front of the camera each time then switched, making sure everyone had equal turns in front of the camera.
- Also, to make sure everyone was ready and organized before each of the different shots, we had some people to be assigned as floor manager due to there was a clapper to start the beginning of the music track at each time, so everyone had to make sure they were in time to the music.
What did we learn?:
- I learnt how to communicate well within a big group which was very important due to the many other groups who were ready to shoot at different times, so it took a lot of communication between people, and of course the floor manager in order to make sure the music was in time with everyone's video
- I had never used a dolly before this exercise, so I found it very interesting to learn how to video while panning left and right as someone pushed the dolly around at the same time, allowing the shot to be less blurred, still and clean
- Another camera that was interesting and hard to work on was the fixed leans camera due to there being no zoom, so if we needed a close up shot for our video we had to change the lens and then for focus we had to use a tape measure from the persons face level towards the camera.
What did I learn in the suite, what steps did I take to cut the video and did I make any mistakes?
- When it came to editing we went into the filming suite in our groups and were firstly taught how to match the voice over of the song "Shake it off" by Taylor Swifts soundtrack to the video, so that the lyrics of the song matched the lip syncing of peoples mouths in the video
- This process was actually very tricky due to the different types of shots we had to match up and edit
- They showed us the advised way of starting the process by picking all the shots that were the best and we wanted to use, then match them up to the music soundtrack timing on the clapper board
- Our mistake we made was that in our group we decided to start to cut and edit all the clips firstly instead as we placed them on the timeline, rather than syncing them first so took a lot longer to match it all.
- This was not helpful due to we didn't manage to finish the whole video all together, however we didn't completely understand the advised way which we were taught so lost valuable time having it explained again.
- Next time we do this exercise for our future A2 tasks I will learnt the quicker method as it would save a lot of time and made sure that we finish the sequence like the other groups.
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