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INDEXMusic in time with dance sequence
5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan
We have a problem, we have footage of 2 dancers originally filmed in slow motion than we had a musical sting created for a faster tempo of dancing so we speeded up the dance sequence it is slightly out of sync I believe there is software to get the moves to match the music, we don't have the software and this piece of footage is the opening sequence of my feature film, we cannot reshoot the footage as it was filmed abroad
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5 years, 5 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Isn't that pretty much exactly what editing is? What NLE are you using for your film, pretty much any of them should allow you to slip the sound/picture to synchronise
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5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan
Hi Paddy thanks for your reply, I am working with someone that is edits in Final Cut Pro
Here is the sequence
https://vimeo.com/396885597/d8a684920f
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
@Moira Rowan Hiya, honestly I think your editor just needs to re-cut it to the music :(
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander
I'm with Paddy, if i understand you right. But you could also play with the audio. Google "change the speed of music without changing the pitch" and you'll see a range of software from free and up. I've not used any to do this though so no views as to which is best.
A last ditch option (or a high impact arty one...as you could blend slow and normal speed clips) would be to cut the sequence up into clips and move the clips such that key dance moves are on the right beat, and fades etc absorb the mismatches.
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan
Hi Marlom
Thanks for your reply, this is the link
https://vimeo.com/396885597/d8a684920f
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander
@Moira Rowan
I've watched it.
a) It's a short sequence and the dance is "soft and fluid" rather than "throwing shapes". So you could leave as is and people might not notice it isn't quite what you want.
b) The music is uptempo and the dance is relaxed.
Even if the beats matched the dance, it wouldn't actually be obvious to the viewer because of the dichotomy between music and dance styles.
I'd consider looking for another piece of music, probably slower, that fitted. Maybe a strings piece so the sound works with the swing/sway style dance moves.
Have fun :-)
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan
@Marlom Tander Hi Marlom thanks for taking the time to have a look, we had the original tune done by London Samba , the dance is a samba, and then got a composer to overlay some more music so the beat is a basic Samba I could send you the link to see if that would suite better to me it a bit bland and soft
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander
@Moira Rowan
It really is your project. You need to do what is right for it, in light of your bigger project.
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Marlom Tander SHOW
5 years, 5 months ago - Jan Hendrich
Hi Moira. Music software (e.g. Ableton) is pretty decent nowadays at changing the tempo of a song without changing pitch (and retaining quality). I'll be happy to take a look if you want.
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5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan
Thanks Jan
The editing is done in Final Pro Cut, someone else does the editing but here is the link see what you think
https://vimeo.com/396885597/d8a684920f
It is the opening sequence of the film and has to be perfect
Response from 5 years, 5 months ago - Moira Rowan SHOW