From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Audio
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Using a click track
Rich Harrington: Hi, my name's Rich Harrington. Robbie Carman: And I'm Robbie Carman. Rich Harrington: Robbie, this week we're going to take a look at something that, I would say is, unique to a music video workflow. Robbie Carman: Yeah, totally. It's, I mean it's a specific thing that you're going to do for, essentially having an artist in the field lip-synch to their, you know, his or her music. Rich Harrington: Yeah, and it's pretty simple. What we're going to do is create a click track and the benefit of the click track is that it helps really both parties, right? The performer gets a little bit of an indication like the song is about to start so they don't react suddenly, and the crew is got a countdown, to let them know, oh, I should be ready on my first shot. Robbie Carman: Yeah, because the worst thing that can happen is, okay guys, everybody ready? And then all of a sudden, the song just starts, right? Rich Harrington: Yeah. Robbie Carman: You need kind of a lead in. And a, a…
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