Don't Go Breaking My Heart Lip Synch Evaluation

Evaluation

During the process of filming our music video we made sure that we changed the backgrounds and angles of each shot. This way it made the music video look more interesting once it was put together. We made sure that we sung the song the whole all the way through in every shot we took, which is called a whole take. We filmed whole takes because it would be easier to edit rather than taking many shots and getting confused about where about in the song we was. We made sure we changed the shot types to make our music video look more effective and to also show that we are capable of filming in different angles. We used medium shots, close up shots and long shots for techniques. The equipment we used was a HD camera, a tripod and a microphone. The tripod was really useful for keeping the camera steady whilst we were filming which made our video look more crisp and clean.We made sure that we learned our lines and sung aloud whilst filming which made the lip synching look realistic and professional.

I edited the sequence on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 which is new to me but i thought worked really well. I uploaded all of the shots we took onto the programme and watched them all the way through to see if we needed to go and shoot some more before editing.  I then added on the music and locked it so it was unable to move which could have created a big problem if it was not locked. The next step was to take the sound out of all the clips which then makes it easier to synch it with the music. I added every shot onto a different layer, which then I synched all of the clips up with the music. I cut the clips down to capture the best moments in that clip and made sure they were locked, everything else that was not as good as the rest was deleted. I zoomed into the sequence and made sure that every clip was synched perfectly to the music. I also added in a special effect that had two videos playing at once to show skills of editing.

We made some mistakes whilst filming which was when we did not do anything in a few shots when it wasn't our turn to sing. This made it hard to put it in the final music video because the other person looks unprofessional and bored. My partner found it hard to learn the words and capture the correct timing of where she comes in. This created a few mistakes but however she covered it up with actions which took the focus off her singing.

I learned a lot whilst filming this music video because it gave me an idea of how it will be for the real thing. I found out that it is very hard to create very effective shots and making sure the lip synching is accurate. I have learned that the change of shots in the editing stage have to match the speed of music. When the music fastens up, the shot changes should also do so. Good backgrounds, actors/actresses and costumes are also very vital whilst producing a music video. This is because having a bad actor/actress can really make the music video look bad, if they are not good at being in front of a camera then it is important to use someone else. Costume and backgrounds have also got to be relevant to the lyrics and style of music. I will have to make sure that everything in the music video adds up and does not look odd at any point to have a successful music video.