Unit 2 – Group piece Thurs 14th March 2019
As a group of 3 or 4.
Group A,B,C,D – decide which group you are.
Steps
1. Find
a song that has lots of lyrics in it.
A. Try to avoid ones with long
guitar solos or instrumental sections.
B. Note down who is in your group.
C. Make a mind map each of all the
songs you like and then discuss the ones you all like. Colour code if it is
easier.
2. Learn that
song.
If the singer has an easily understood
voice listen to what/ how they're saying things.
A. Each of you learn the words so
you can mouth them correctly. Print out lyrics so its easier on the back
computer.
B. On lyric sheet write down who is
lipsyncing/ singing those words.
3. Watch how
people talk.
Pay attention to how people with
different accents move their lips differently to yours. Imagine yourself saying
what someone else is on TV. Practice this for a while.
4 .Set up
your video camera/ phone camera after making yourself look pretty, listen to
the song on headphones.
A. By now you should know when the
entrances of lyrics are. Merely try to match your lips to the song while you're
filming; that's all it is.
If it helps, in your head go over
the lyrics, and pretend your singing it by mouthing the words. Each person in
your group must have a set of lyrics to sing.
5. Upload the
video onto your media editor: Sony Vegas, iMovie, Movie maker, Adobe
premiere. Pop it in the Y12 media folder in group A,B,C,D. (Decide which one
6. Import and
Sync the song to your film.
Make sure your audio from the video
is off and only the music can be heard.
7. Edit your
video to your pleasure, adding effects in tune to give your video some action.
This will be developing on from Mr Dougans work – use your skills.
8. Save and then Export
your song. MP4. MP3..mov
Show to your audience – peer group
and do Q&A
