In the Sun Lip Sync

here is me bianca and dominic practicing lip syncing to In the Sun by She and Him

lip sync to Glee - Dont Stop Belevin

Prelim Evaluation - Question 1

In mondays workshop I learnt lots of about behind the scenes of a film set such as how to connect up pieces of equipment like the lights and the camera to the monitor. I learnt how the camera and lighting crew work by constantly tweaking and adapting to get the desired affect (heavily influenced by the director). It was also interesting to see how each of the crew members work as a team in order to function efficently and get the best footage. I discovered that proffessionally, your work alot faster than we have done in previous shoots because with that much equipment and people you need to stick to you scheduale. Similarly, you need to be more descisive whilst making sure you have everything you need. It was interesting to see the cheats and make-shift products in filming such as a wheelchair with a board and tripod taped onto it.

Prelim Evaluation - Question 2

                                                      

The one of the best bits of the day was perfomring in front of the camera earlier on as there was lots of energy and enthusiam. But it was even better watching the other group perform and seeing how the camera and lighting helped influence the look of shots.

 

I enjoyed working behind the camera as you saw the different roles and areas working together. Talking to camera, lighting and directing team gave me a real insight into what professional work in the industry would be like.

Prelim Evaluation - Question 3

I am very pleased with our edit as I think we've done quite a good job of matching the technical and visual aspect of the original footage. However, there are a few inconsistencies such as the whole ensemble changing between scenes, but this was the best way to let everyone have a go at performing. Also, there are a few shots which could have been done better - like in the jumping through the door shot - a flash goes off in the middle disrupting the lighting. Unfortunately we couldn't reshoot this as we were tight for time. Occasionally there isnt lip syncing where there should be - like when M.Ward exits the library - which is a slight oversight but not very noticable in the final product. Most of the performances in our edit our really sucessful as people were very smilely and lively - which looks good on tape.

Below is our edit of our version of "InThe Sun" by She and Him

Prelim Evaluation - Question 4

The lip sync tasks have been very useful as they make you aware of what is a good, convincing performance and what should be avoided. For example, if you really sing (when filming) - it does look more realistic than if you just mime. It also teaches you to make sure you have enough shots to make the sequence interesting and enough variety to make ius when editing. This task also makes you aware of how you are going to piece together your video, which is reflected in what you film. For instance, its beneficial to film at one location throughout the song so that you always have the option to cut away to it later.t look like a music video. We could improved our lip sync by having more extremes and a wider shot selection it limited

These were the only shots we had for the second verse -which meant we had to fill out 30 seconds with the same 2 shots. If we had filmed CUs and ECUs we could have made a more complex sequence.




Here is a link to the original glee sequence :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umF1M7wGiCc

Prelim Evaluation - Question 5

I think our prelim work will make our actual videos more professional as we have practiced and experimented with how to lip sync and perform. It begins to get you thinking about the genre of song you want to do and some intial ideas about how to visually interpret a song. It has also given us more confidence  as people have reduced their fears about performing on camera. Therefore I think this will allow us to make a more daring and unique video as we have less inhibitions to stop us say performing in our video. some performance would give us more variety and make our video seem more professional.

ne yo rihanna music video

why i quite like this music video

-i think this music video has quite a strong look to it  - its very clean sharp and siltghy retro
-the dual story lines is very appropriate to the song as it is about two lovers. the cutting between them is very effective and sets up an expectation (that the two leads are in love with each other). however as this is not the case it provides a twist on the narrative - which m,ukes it different to a typical video of the genre
-the soft lighting and dim light suits the acoustic mood of the song and its theme
-i think its quite a good mix of narrative and performance as it keeps the audience watching, understanding and enjoying the narrative but with a large amount of performance (with breaks at the begining middle and very end.

she and him video

Thoughts on the course

im very excited about this years project of making a music video as i think it will be fun to experiment with a new format and style of media. this more flexible medium should allow us to play around with images colours and only having a loose narrative. it will also develop our basic media skills (filming, editing, planning etc) but also teach a whole range of other skills - some of which will take place on the realistic shooting of "she and him". i hope this will provide us with the skills needed to form a succesful and orginal music video of our own.