What is Lip Syncing and the importnace

What is Lip Syncing and the importance;

In the majority of music videos, there are scenes where an actor or the musician is seen to be singing to the song that the music video is for. when these people sing within these videos, it looks like a they are actually singing along to the song but they are likely lip syncing to the lyrics of the song. this shows the importance of lip syncing as it can turn a well structured music video, easily into a bad one.

When lip syncing, it is often very helpful for the artist to actually sing the song, rather than just mime it. This is because they will be taking breaths at the correct times, making it look like they are actually singing. If the artist simply mimes the lyrics, they can look out of time, which is then easily picked up by the audience watching the music video.

If the music video features someone playing an instrument, it is also important that the actor or band member known how to play the song off by hear, otherwise it is immediately obvious that they are not playing the instrument or are out of time when playing along with the song. Also, if they are playing it correctly, it is important that the video is synced with the music, as the audience instead of watching the music video, may then be distracted by the out of time instruments.