Finished lip syncing exercise:

As a group, we found the exercise challenging as it was hard at first as we did not know how to use the editing program. However, we soon found out how to use the program through our own research and therefore, we completed the video successfully. We now know how to use the program coherently when it comes to our real music video and we now also know the different features of what Final Cut can do, allowing us to enhance our ideas for our real music video. 

During the Lipsyncing Exercise

Our lipsyncing activity was based on the song "Telephone" by Lady Gaga. During filming and when importing the video, we had difficulty uploading the video onto the computer as the tape got jammed in the camera. Therefore, we have learnt to film the video and then import the video onto the computer straight away. During the lipsyncing video, some members of the group learnt that we had to film at least a minute for each shot to successfully edit the video.

Meeting: Lip syncing

We are having a meeting now, discussing what song we shall pick for our lip syncing exercise. While we are discussing the song choice, we have to make sure that the song fits all the criteria, such as:

• The song must be under 3 minutes
• There should not be many bridges (pauses) in the song
• A song with a fast beat so that when it comes to the editing process, we will be able to have fast cuts

We have decided to do either "You've got the love" by Florence and the Machine, "You really got me" by Belle Amie or "Telephone" by Lady Gaga. Eventually, we decided to do "Telephone" as we thought that we could achieve fast cuts and was a song that we knew the words to easily, therefore, it fitted the criteria.