how do i make my own live music video?

Question

can anybody tell me what camcorder i need to buy. how do i, during editing, match the lip syncing parts and guitar syncing parts. thanks

Answer 1

Here's what you do.



Take your music track, and in an editor put 3 beats in front of it that will be loud enough for your camera's built-in microphone to hear it.



Then with each shot, play the music track so they can lip sync to it and play sync with it.



Then, in your non-linear editor, set your music track in the audio part of the timeline and import every clip from beginning to ending including that 3-beat intro.

Match up the beats in the intro before deleting the camera's audio track and you'll be able to switch between your shots well.



Final Cut Pro is easiest to do this in because of its Multi-Cam capabilities (though Premiere Pro now has the same capability too).



Hope this helps, and good luck!

Answer 2

Easy....

Here is a fast, cheap and easy way.

You do what I did. I bought one of those $30 dispoable camcorders at CVS stores, which only record 30 mins of footage and film yourself.



I did the same thing for my drum solo DVD "Stick to your stix" and people love it!! I rented some studio time at my friend rehearsal studio and play drums solos on the drum kit while he recorded the footage of me playing. Then, after you are done. You take your camcorder with your footage on there back to the CVS store and pay another $20 for them to process your footage into a DVD for you.



So, in total. It only cost me about $50 to produce my own drum DVD, which I still pass out to people with my CDs.

Remember, those CVS camcorders are a 1 time use only thing. That's all. so make sure you get the good stuff on there.



Also, If you want a more permanent Camcorder. Try Target stores and get the small RCA 60 footage camcorder for like $130. they are small and give about 60 mins of footage. Good luck

Answer 3

You need some expensive equipment. If you're interested in buying some then call your closest university's media department and they can tell you a cheap alternative to expensive hardware/software.

Answer 4

i didnt know how to do this either but if you go ask a electronic specialist at maybe best buy or radio shack they will help you