AS1: Task 5: Understanding the Techniques of Music Videos - “Elton John and Kiki Dee"

Understanding the Techniques of Music Videos - "Elton John and Kiki Dee"

For this task, the class was assigned to choose groups and make a video of two people lip syncing to Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". This is the first task assigned to us that involved us recording the scenes right from the start of the song, all the way to the end of the song only in one shot. This was done several times using different shot varieties as a more efficient way of editing. Shown below are the tools used to help edit my software.

In total my group and I had filmed 14 scenes using a variety of different shots. Our reasoning behind having 14 different takes was that it would be a lot easier to edit the clips on the timeline if they would all flow instead of cutting each clip down to size (however I did cut a few clips on the timeline only because I personally found this technique to be quite easier).

One of the first editing techniques I used was achieved by using the fading tool. I placed one clip on top of another one and used the fading tool by dragging the yellow line on one of the clips downwards and then dragging it back up when I wanted the fade to end.

Before

After

Another technique that I have learned during this process is locking an audio track in place. This made editing efficient because it saved me from having to move the audio track out of the way of other clips on the timeline. 

Markers:

As shown in previous screenshots (and one below), underneath the duration time of the video, there are green markers. I have placed the markers just above the timeline as this helped me to judge when to place the clips onto the timeline. This would enable me to match the clips on the timeline perfectly and match the start of the audio and by doing this, it would give the perception of the two people on screen lip syncing.