The lip sync tasks, although obviously not particularly well thought out in terms of costume, setting, narrative etc., as they were intended just as practices, taught me a lot. Most importantly I think was to relax in front of the camera, and be more comfortable being a bit stupid and getting involved. They also taught me a lot about the importance of varying shots - when me and George watched back the clips of us singing 'Never had a Dream Come True' straight at the camera without any variation we realised how boring it would be if we didn't add more variations in, eg. close-ups, tracking shots, mid shot, long shots etc., which instantly livened it up and kept it interesting.
I also learnt how to edit the clips so that the movement of the lips matched the singing on the track, and although this was fiddly and time-consuming at first it came far more naturally the more I practiced. There was a lot more freedom to mess about with cutting up shots with the lip syncs, which I think is true for all music videos - as long as you get plenty of footage and shot variety there is a lot of free reign.
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