Introduction to The Lip Syncing Task

We have been given the task of creating a short lip syncing task, I must attempt to perfectly match up my artists mouth with the lyrics of the song so it creates the appearance he is singing the song lyrics when he is simple moving his mouth to the words of the song. Doing this will allow me to once again, become familiar with the school cameras and editing software as well as replicating the specific task when it comes to producing my music video. When making this I will need to do exactly the same process of matching up the artists mouth with the lyrics. Therefore I feel this lip syncing task is necessary and needed as it is specific preparation for my final piece of A-level coursework - my music video.

I will ask my friend (who is a musician) to play the song 'Wonder wall' by 'Oasis' on the guitar and sing the song while listening to the song from a small speaker. This will allow him to move his lips in time with the song. However, as he will actually be singing the lyrics I hope this will create a better illusion he is actually singing the song as the audience is able to see the artist's whole face and jaw singing opposed to a static face with a moving mouth. 

While I film I hope to direct the artist, encouraging him to adapt his performance to achieve the best possible result. I shall try to take a wide variety of shots and angles to keep the video from becoming monotonous and static.

As I film and edit my lip syncing task I must constantly keep the three vital rules in mind, these are:

• Match on action - if I choose to have a narrative in my music video I must create the illusion of continuity. A smooth flow of actions in the scene even though the camera angles may change multiple times. The start of one action (such as someone picking up and reading a book) may be filmed weeks apart from the end of the same action (someone putting down the book) but the audience should not be able to tell this as it should flow seamlessly.
• Shot-reverse shot - used when two characters are in conversation. Two angles, each one showing each actor/actress.
• 180 degree rule (see image on the left). The camera must remain in a 180 degree area (i.e. green area) of the object being filmed. The axis of action can change position as the characters do. This prevents the audience from becoming confused in terms of the position of the characters/objects.