Lip Sync Excercise

Before the lip sync exercise I learnt the lyrics to the song 'Shake it Off'. We watched a few music videos to get an idea of the different conventions of pop music videos which is what we were going to be filming for this exercise. 

In the studio we got into different groups to film the video in. we switched roles from the cameraman to the actors on the set. 

We learnt how to use the cameras, the first on being Canon 5D mark 3, which has the best quality out of the cameras which we used on the day.we learnt that on cameras like these there is no zoom but to focus it correctly onto the focus point you must measure the distance between the cameras and the subject and program it into the camera. We used this camera on the scene on the sofa and the subjects were sitting in one place and we wanted he best quality focus.

We used an NX5 on the set with the green screen, this camera could zoom so we didn't need to use the tape measure to measure the distance from the camera to the subjects, we just needed to zoom in to the face of one of the people and focus it accordingly and then zoom out. 

On the dolly shot set we used an FS100, this is the first time I've used a dolly and I found that it created quite a good effect when it came to cutting the footage and added dynamic to the music video in the more high pace sections of the song. 

When we were in the editing suite, we uploaded all the footage from the filming onto Adobe Premiere Pro which I have used before when editing my Thriller, so I had a basic understanding of how to work the program. I learnt how to upload all the footage i wanted onto the time line and then how to sync it with the soundtrack. I learnt how to sync with sound by hearing out for the first base drum beat on the soundtrack which was playing in the studio then sync that with the first base drum on the actual soundtrack which was on the timeline. I learnt how to sync with image so matching the time from the song on the timeline with the clip of the clapper which was played in the studio when we were filming before playing the soundtrack in the background. We then cut the clips on the timeline and I learnt how to use the cutting tool to cut the clips where I thought they would change. 

During the editing process I was just trying to get the hang of actually cutting and editing making sure that all of the footage was synced but next time I think the process will be quicker and I will be able to match shots according to pace and the actual lyrics and making the sequence more specific to the beat and lyrics of the song.