Practice Music Video Sequence

The idea for this task was to take a cut from a track we had been given, (Monkees - I'm a Believer) and make a short music video. In our group there was myself and Matt.

We had a good idea of what we were going to do from the start, which was essentially just to have a laugh and get some good shots of us dancing and singing along with the track. We shot the clips in front of a bush which was well exposed to the light which gave it a happy feel. Once we shot all the footage we needed it was then time to put it together. After syncing up all the clips with the track, we went ahead to start cutting bits out giving the music video feel. With lots of cuts every few seconds, with the pace of the song it went really well i thought.

Having lots of cuts and different camera angles, the final version looked really good. We have had some small feedback from the class as we discussed each others pieces.

This is what some people said..

Performance: 'A good performance is a real important thing when it comes to having a good music video and I thought that they both look like their enjoying themselves'.
Camerawork: 'There are some good shots throughout the video, including close-ups and medium length shots'.
Editing: 'The shots are cut really well and are all synced up with the track. There are lots of cuts as well which works well with the track'.

I really enjoyed this task as a whole from shooting the footage, all the way through to editing the final cut. The final piece i really like and reckon looks pretty decent.

'DJ Format' Music Video Activity

This task was more a 'cutting' exercise. We were given a series of clips with people dancing in some animal costumes, and 4 tracks to choose from. What we had to do was pick a track, and use the clips and try to make a short music video. In this task we didn't have to worry about lip syncing as they were all wearing big costumes and couldn't see their faces or lips, so all we had to do was try to match the dance moves with the music itself.

I found this task real fun, the footage we were given was so good. It was actually from a real music video by DJ Format. I found this task real enjoyable, and came out with a pretty good short clip.

'You Wanna What?!' Lip Sync Activity

The first task we done for the music video project was a lip syncing activity. We were shown how to use the tools in Final Cut that would enable us to lip sync as easy as possible. We were then given a previous students final music video cut up into chunks, our task was to sync it all up so it went in time with the music.

I think that I caught the hang of syncing the lip movement together with the music very quickly, and also made the video look pretty good too.

Syncing up a soundtrack to a video is pretty simple. The first thing you should to make everything that little bit easier is to bring up the audio waves for both of the things your trying to sync. Mark out with the marker tool a specific point that is the same as on the other track. Bring these together and then your nearly there. From there it may be perfect, but usually its not. All you gotta do is have a little move around with the audio track and then eventually it will match up to the best it can be.