Lip Sync Practice

Lip sync practice
When practicing lip syncing, we decided to go into a group and each have ago of filming and actually performing. This was a good idea as it allowed us to have a go at all aspects of lip syncing and secondly it allowed us to play around with different genres of songs.

The first song that we tried was 'Broke' by Hannah Grace. I filmed the shots for this songs. As I filmed these shots, I found it was easy as we wasn't focusing on camera angles. We used a close up of Grace's lips and shoulders in this practice shot. Due to this being our first practice we found it very hard to concentrate as it was embarrassing at first. Having time to practice lip syncing before we picked our final song has helped us to become more confident around each other when performing. The editing of this first shot was tricky as the lip movement wouldn't match with the song. From this experience we have learnt to take a number of shots before we actually starting to edit the final music video.
First try -


The second and third tries of lip syncing I chose to perform but we decided to try group lip syncing. Doing this enabled us to gain the skills for a duet song meaning that when picking a song we will know that we have the skills to use one for our final music video. We chose the song 'Love is an open door' from the Disney movie, Frozen. We chose this as we thought that it was more upbeat and would challenge our skills even further. From these tries we found that the change in pace helped us as up beat songs are easier to lip sync. This time around we shot many shots which allowed us to get the lip syncing better than the first time. We found when editing this song it was easier to get our lips completely in sync with the song. As a duet, I found that after a few take I founded myself enjoying performing rather than filming. When filming the real music video, I have now gained skills on lip syncing and would be happy to film and perform as the artist. We also learnt to make the person fit the voice of the singer. For example, Vanessa played a man as there were no males available but in our final music video we will be use to fit the artist and the voice correctly.

Second try (close-up) -

Third try -