Record Lip Sync

Part A

Follow each of the numbered directions below for Part A:

1. Tutorial
   1. Lip singing sounds and look easy but doing it well enough that convinces the viewer that it is really you takes some extra effort. Some famous singers have been caught performing liver performances but only lip singing their music. All it takes is one slip of the lip and you lose faith from the viewer.
   2. Enunciation is crucial, maybe the most important aspect in order to sell the lip singing to the viewer. It is all about over articulating the words with your lips. Watch the first 30 seconds of the video to see an example.
   3. Search the Internet if you need ideas and to see some good & appropriate examples to get ideas (like the "ironbot3k lip sync" channel.
2. Awards
   1. Best ever lip syncs from YISS (2009-present)
   2. The Best Guy's Lip Sync
   3. David, I'll be Here for You & Steven Song, Collide
   4. The Best Girl's Lip Sync (but needs original audio)
   5. Grace Kelly by Sharon Lee
   6. Runner-Ups (not in order)
   7. Sunwoo, Where is the Love.
   8. Dressed the part, had props, and chose a challenging fast song.
   9. Amanda Lee, You Are
   10. One of the best composition layout and color mood/contrasts; creative with partner
       1. Best Rap
   11. Joanne Na
3. Lip Sync Grading
   1. As long as you follow all of the directions and meet the requirements, you should do well. You must really articulate while you lip sing so that when you mouth the words, it looks believable. I can tell when students are trying to read their lyrics while they are singing, which takes away from the realness. Body/hand actions, coordinating clothing, and props are very required and useful and help take away the stress and attention from watching to see if you sync the song perfectly.
   2. Rubric
      • 40pts: creativity & enthusiasm
      • 10pts: good natural lighting (cannot film at night),
      • 10pts: good background that is not distracting
      • 10pts: camera composition/rule of thirds & quality
      • 10pts: use of props and garb
      • 10pts: use of hand motions & creativeness in acting out song lyrics
      • 10pts: articulation & matching of song to your lips with overexaggerated facial expressions
      • Extra points for extra good creativity
4. Choose your Song
   1. Select an appropriate song that you like that would be entertaining to lip sing. If you are a guy, choose male singer and a girl singer if you are a girl to make it more believable. It must be a PG-rated song in English and should not have any language, reference to killing/violence, or references to inappropriate conduct between guys/girls. Feel free to use movie soundtracks. Avoid songs with a music-only intro that is too long. I like it when students choose faster more upbeat songs that are more challenging to lip sync (e.g. rap). Make sure the song is in English.
   2. Choose between 40-90 seconds of the song to lip sync (any good part of the song). 1pt off per second over/under time. If the song has two different singers, use another person with you to sing but two people should not sing a song which is sang by one person. A friend can help you sing your song but the main singer needs to be you and only one person (you) can submit that song for your assignment. So your friend would sing a different one (but you can still sing with them and help them). A good example of this is Amanda Lee's video, You Are, which is one of the best composition layout and color mood/contrasts; creative with a partner. Sometimes it is good to get your brother or sister involved like Eugen's video (wait until 46 seconds & you will see).
   3. For 2013-14 students, record in class on the green or blue screen.
5. Post
   1. Import your video into iMovie as a new project called Lip Sync classID (tutorial if you don't know how) and import the original song into iMovie as well which you will use in Part B to edit. Then take a screenshot of your video in the event in iMovie and post it to Schoology.

Ryan Park

Funny & pretends to use instruments