lip sync exercise

  In this exercise I have shown an example of  how to create a good lip sync on Adobe Premier Pro. We have used 2 models to compare how miming and singing can have an effect on the overall look of the lip sync. The girl on the left is actually singing, whereas the one on the right was just miming. We did establish that we can see the rifts and change in vocals when the person is actually singing to the track instead of just miming.
 Having accurate lip syncs will be very important in order to get a high grade for my music video as in time lip syncing is essential in any music video to make it look professional and realistic. In order to do this I have used the 'Add Marker' button on premier pro, which adds a marker on a particular place of the audio and video track. I found out from this exercise that finding a word which includes the letters 'P' 'B' or 'M' is an appropriate place to insert a marker, this is because the lips shut, making it easier to capture this letter more accurately, they are also more obvious in an audio track therefore by placing a marker over this letter in both the audio and video, I found that the mouth and the audio track were a lot more accurate and in sync.

Feedback

We have gathered some feedback of our attempt to lip sync on Premier Pro:

• 'its in time but there's not enough emphasis on the words, like it doesn't seem enthusiastic'
• 'you've matched up the track and lips well but its hard to see if it looks realistic because there's 2 people singing a song sang by 1 person'
• 'I like the way you smile and give some sense of attitude just through a close up of lips'
• 'its in perfect timing, you could emphasise on the words some more but overall its a good first attempt and wouldn't look fake or put on in a music video I don't think'
• 'The one on the right looks like they are singing at first then starts miming and looks more fake'

From this I have assumed that the technique which I used to get accurate timing has paid off, and this is very beneficial as its timing which is the main priority when lip syncing. However, I have taken into account that we may need our model to emphasise more on the words and keep it within context to the song, I agree that having 2 people singing a song which is evidentially being sang by 1 person can look unrealistic and strange and this will not occur in my actual music video. We used 2 models to compare the ways in which we could film a lip sync. We will also need to make sure the technique which we use when filming a lip sync stays the same, for example if they are miming to continue to mime, if they are singing, that they continue to sing. Preferably I want my model to physically sing as I find and from feedback can see that it makes the lip sync look more realistic.