Sync Sound Question

[tomsimpson]

I've had a search but can't find anything conclusive. I'm looking to shoot a music video with a band.

I'm wondering if it would be possible to shoot on super 8 and sync it up to the sound on the record. I would like to have the band playing along to the track for most of the video, so its quite important that it actually can be done.

The plan would be to shoot at the same time on DV and use a clapper board whilst the band play along to the track in the room.

I read about "wild" sync sound, and apparently it drops out of sync after about 30 seconds. I also read about some software that syncs it all up, was not quite sure, but it sounded complicated.

Thanks! Any help is very much appreciated.

[James E]

If the band is going to "playsync" along w/ the acutal music, and you record all of that w/ DV camera you can import that alongside your film and use that as a guide to sync the video/sound with the film and then the .wav file of the stuidio recorded track. A good way to make the wild sync easier is to keep your cuts down to 30 seconds or less. W/ PC/Mac based NLE it's not too terribly difficult to get the sound to sync up by cutting it up in bits. If you can't keep the sound in sync in sections of 30 seconds, chop them up a bit smaller. If you're going to do a live preformance and have good gear for a " live to two track" mix, record it w/ a DAT or MD as these run at very stable rates. Then do as above. Cut it up into sections that will stay in sync.

Serach the threads for this topic. There's tons and tons of advice available.

Cheers,