In our Media Studies lesson, my friend Jordan and I were asked to create a short video including lip syncing for a chosen section of a song, 'Dancing In The Street'.
When we did our preliminary task, which we were given 6 hours to film and edit in, I realised how much time and effort goes into producing even a basic music video.
I'm sure that the time we had finished was close to going over the 6 hours we were given.
Not only was time a difficulty, but also knowing how to film outside and be able to hear and sing to the music correctly above all the noise of the wind and cars. We tried two locations, the second one, the one we used, was much less busy with traffic than the previous. In order to be able to hear the music we used the mp3 file which we downloaded onto my friend's phone and listen to it through headphones as we were singing.
We spent so much time resetting the camera and the music each time we made a mistake in our lip syncing. What I learnt from this process was how important it is to recite the lyrics over and over until you get them perfect each time, otherwise you're wasting valuable time filming.
Some of the shots were also out of focus. This made me realise how beneficial it is to keep everything in focus, even short scenes.
Next time I will:
- Take better care of focussing when filming
- Recite my words or make sure whoever is lip syncing recites them to their very best
- Think carefully of good locations to film
- I will also ask anyone with more experience how they filmed outside without the use of headphones or earpieces to help with timing when they were singing
- I will ask if there is any other methods to filming a music video.
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