hello friend,
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selvam

i'm about to do a music vid too. i was curious about any general tips anyone might have had.

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I did a mock music video some years back. Here's some tips...

Take the actual recording (CD, tape, whatever) and bring a boom box or something to the shoot(s). PLAY the actual song while you are filming, and have the band act along to the song. (One tip - have the singer actually SING, because you're mouth won't look as legitimate if you're only lip syncing. Singing takes a lot more face muscles. But, it's all the look you're going for, so you decide.) Anyway, make sure you're camera is recording at least with the built in mic - this makes it easier later...

When you get to editing, put the actual song file in the timeline, and then when you bring down clips you want to use, just slide them back and forth until the music in the video you've shot matches the raw music file, and presto. Perfect sync.

Here's one more trick I really like - while you're editing, pan the camera audio 100% to one speaker, and the raw music file 100% to the opposite speaker. For me, it makes it easier to tell if the music is off even one frame, because you will get a stereo effect if it is not sync'd up exactly.

Now if you're shooting film, do the same thing, you just have to sync it up by sight, since you won't have sync'd sound to use.

Let me know if you need any more help, and good luck.

Those were very helpfull tips thank you.

I also wanted to know if anyone had any ideas about a shooting locaction for the live music parts (ex. garage, warehouse). I wanted it to be somewhere more unique though.

"Pain is tempoary, film is forever."