How to lip-synch

Using the files of a past student video we were taught how to match up a filmed lip synched performance with the original track.

It is important to have the audio that was used in the performance audible in the playback so you have more to go on than just the mouth of the words to synch up the audio and visuals.

First we placed the audio track about 10 seconds in on the timeline and lock it so it can be altered or moved.

We then found the very start of the singing on footage in the browser window and placed a mark (m) and then did the same with the audio in the timeline.

The footage was then brought down to the timeline ensuring that both these marks were matched up. If there was a discrepancy then the footage could be moved left or right slightly using the < and > keys.

The rest of the footage was lip-synched in a the same way and place on higher video lines allowing us to cut between the footage creating a fast paced edit between already synched footage.