For this task, we worked in pairs to create a lip sync to the song ‘New Rules’ by Dua Lipa, in order to familiarise ourselves with he equipment and software we needed to create our music video.

Lip syncing in very important in a music video in order to convey the desired message, so practising this was helpful. We needed to convey the feeling of the song though our actions, which was the idea of happiness and new found confidence after getting out of a relationship, and we tried to portray this through our acting.

What Went Well

• We generally managed to keep in time with the song, which is important because otherwise the editing process would have been made more complicated and the lip sync would have been obvious
• The camera work was steady and had some variety, which created a more interesting video overall

Targets

• When we shoot our actual music video, we will expand on our range of shots, to ensure that the video is as visually interesting as it can be
• Our lip-synching movements could be much more clear in order to fully portray the words that are being said, increasing clarity for the audience
• In this video we often looked off to the side to read the lyrics instead of looking directly at the camera, and we will remedy this in our actual video by learning the lyrics beforehand