Preliminary Task

Above is our preliminary task. The task was to successfully show lip syncing to a song. The song our teacher chose was Elton John's Don't Go Breaking My Heart.  For a comical effect we chose best friends Jack and Parvinder to act out the part of a couple madly in love singing to each other perhaps the cheesiest love song ever made.

When filming, we found it easier to film Jack's part through and then Parvinder's part through, we then filmed the chorus where both of them are sitting at a bench singing. 

To edit our preliminary, we used FinalCut Express. We dragged the three clips into the sequence bar and used the 'Toggle Clip Overlays' to switch from one clip to another. This tool allowed us the option to fade parts of the video which we used at the end to fade into a blackout. throughout the video we mainly used straight cuts to transition from the clips. The lip syncing we didn't have to change as Jack and Parvinder followed the lyric sheet perfectly. To further ensure the lip syncing was perfect, while filming we played the song out loud on a mobile.

Overall, I am pleased with the outcome and the preliminary task has helped me to refresh my knowledge of FinalCut Express.