Lip dub
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A lip dub is a type of music video that combines
Origin
Although lip dubbing in music videos was not a new concept, Jake Lodwick, the co-founder of Vimeo, coined the term "lip dubbing" on December 14, 2006, in a video entitled Lip Dubbing: Endless Dream.[1] In the video's description, he wrote, "I walked around with a song playing in my headphones, and recorded myself singing. When I got home I opened it in iMovie and added an MP3 of the actual song, and synchronized it with my video. Is there a name for this? If not, I suggest 'lip dubbing'."[2] Lodwick subsequently directed the "Flagpole Sitta" "office lip dub" in April 2007 which The Washington Post covered.[3][4] What is relatively new is the modern speed accuracy of both the audio player and the video camcorder or smartphone that, without the elaborate linking equipment of the past, are able to maintain synchronization of audio & video over several minutes or more.
Students in the Digital Media department at
Since then, dozens of lip dubs have been coordinated around the world by students. After L'Université du Québec à Montréal (
The use of camera stabilization hardware is commonly used to provide an easy-to-watch and smooth final product.
Content
Tom Johnson, a technical writer who blogs about Web 2.0's effect on communication, describes a good lip dub as having the characteristics, or at least the appearance, of spontaneity, authenticity, group participation and fun.[8]
Other uses
In September 2010, the season première of
The record of most people participating at a lip dub is 9,300 on May 31, 2012 in
On May 22, 2011, director Rob Bliss and producer Scott Seven made a video called Grand Rapids Lip Dub in response to a
Similarly, on May 31, 2012, Stratta Creative made a lip dub video called Lindsay LipDub with the goal of becoming Canada's first citywide lip dub, as well as a world record holder for most participants (with 9300 participants), in the community of
Historically, miming vocals of pre-recorded music in a video was termed "lip-synching." It dates back to Hollywood musicals, Junior High School talent shows, and Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" on television. Conventionally, the term "dub" means an audio copy, or "dubbing," as in dialog replacement, today called "Automatic Dialog Replacement" (ADR). Previously film dubbing was done by "looping," where a few seconds of motion picture corresponding to individual lines was repeatedly projected as spliced loops of film, while an actor repeatedly spoke the line into audio recorder with an identical length loops of magnetic film; for each line, the process was abruptly halted when finally a good take was recorded, then on to the next loop.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Lip Dubbing: Endless Dream on Vimeo". vimeo.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02.
- Hochschule Furtwangen. 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ Zak, Dan (2007-11-11). "Office Drones, Lip-Sync Your Heart Out". Washington Post. Washington, DC.
- ^ "Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger".
- Hochschule Furtwangen. 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "University LipDub #1". YouTube. Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "The UQAM Lipdub:behind the scenes". Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Journal L'UQAM vol. XXXVI, no 3. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ Johnson, Tom (2007-06-05). "Lip Dub Video Clip Captures Essence of the Web — Spontaneity, Authenticity, Participation, Fun".
- ^ "Lindsay LipDub: Ontario Town Bands Together For World's Largest LipDub (WATCH)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ a b "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Lipdub Independence Of Catalonia - Authentic World Record (Official)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "Guinnes no reconeixerà el rècord que volen fer a Vic amb un 'lipdub' per la independència". 2010-09-01.
- ^ "America's Dying Cities". Newsweek. 21 January 2011.
- ^ "The Grand Rapids LipDub (NEW WORLD RECORD)". YouTube.
- ^ Ganz, Caryn (2011-05-31). "5,000 Residents of 'Dying City' Lip Dub Song About Day the Music Died | Amplifier - Archives - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ nurun.com (2012-03-20). "Peterborough slips to 55th out of 190 in more l... | Local | News". Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved 2012-10-12.