The most common shots in music videos are long shots that show the artist and surroundings to portray the artist as powerful within the scene. There are also close-ups to show attractiveness or style and medium shots of the artist with others. A base track is a full-length clip filmed from different angles and movements to synchronize easily to the song audio when editing. Most music videos contain base tracks because it allows cutting and syncing to the audio at any point. Markers are used to lip sync by placing one at the point where audio and lips match in a base track clip. The audio is then lined up perfectly by matching the marker positions.

1. Assignment 22(c)- Base Track Evaluation
What are the most common shot types in music videos?
The most commonshotswhichare usedinmusicvideosare usuallylongshotsthe reasonforthisis
to showthe audience the artistandhis/herssurroundingsandtomake themlookbetterthan
everythingaroundthemthisisusedineithernarrative orperformance andhelpsthemtoshow the
powertheyhave withinthe scene theyare in.
There isalso quite afewclose upsto eithershow how attractive theyare or to show there style and
whatdesignerbrandstheyare wearinginorderto show off and sometimes inmusicvideostheyuse
a mediumshotto capture the artist andthe girl he iswithor the boyshe iswith.
What are base tracks and why do most music videos contain them?
A base track is a clipwhichhasbeenfilmedforthe full durationof the song there are several of
these done fromdifferentanglesandmovementsof the camerathroughoutfilming.
Thenwhenthe editingbeginsthereisseveralbase tracksclipsandthenthere isa guaranteedgood
clipwithinit.The reasonmostmusicvideoscontainthemisbecause itmakesiteasyto synchronise
the base track clipto the audioof the song and itcan thenbe cut at any pointof it andit will still be
intime.
How do you use markers to lip sync?
It isverysimple tofinda pointwhere the audioandlipsyncactuallyform.Firstlyyouplace the
markerwhere the base track has the singermimingandalignitintime so itand thento getthe
audioperfectall youhave to dois line upthe audiobymatchingthe positionof the markers.