In video Lip sync

1 in video

1.1 film
1.2 adr
1.3 animation
1.4 language dubbing

in video
film

in film production, lip synching part of post-production phase. film today contains scenes dialogue has been re-recorded afterwards; lip-synching technique used when animated characters speak, , lip synching essential when films dubbed other languages. in many musical films, actors sang own songs beforehand in recording session , lip-synched during filming, many lip-synched voices other own. marni nixon sang deborah kerr in king , annette warren ava gardner in show boat, robert mcferrin sidney poitier in porgy , bess, betty wand leslie caron in gigi, lisa kirk rosalind russell in gypsy, , bill lee christopher plummer in sound of music. when songs appear in non-musical films, however, actors sing live on set, later dub voices in adr using better performance of song.

lip-synching used in modern musical films (the rocky horror picture show being exception) , in biopics such ray , la vie en rose, original recording adds authenticity. musicals use live recordings.

in 1950s mgm classic singin in rain, lip synching major plot point, debbie reynolds character, kathy selden, providing voice character lina lamont (played jean hagen). writing in uk sunday newspaper observer, mark kermode noted, trivia buffs love invoke ironic dubbing of debbie reynolds betty noyes on although pointed out 19-year-old reynolds never puts foot wrong on smashers morning . reynolds later acknowledged betty noyes’ uncredited contribution film, writing: sang lucky star gene kelly. rangy song , done in key. part did not come out well, , singing voice dubbed in betty royce [sic] .

adr

automated dialogue replacement, known adr or looping, film sound technique involving re-recording of dialogue after photography. dialogue recorded on location unsatisfactory either because has background noise on or director not happy performance, actors replace own voices in looping session after filming.

animation

another manifestation of lip synching art of making animated character appear speak in prerecorded track of dialogue. lip sync technique make animated character appear speak involves figuring out timings of speech (breakdown) actual animating of lips/mouth match dialogue track. earliest examples of lip-sync in animation attempted max fleischer in 1926 short old kentucky home. technique continues day, animated films , television shows such shrek, lilo & stitch, , simpsons using lip-synching make artificial characters talk. lip synching used in comedies such hour has 22 minutes , political satire, changing totally or partially original wording. has been used in conjunction translation of films 1 language another, example, spirited away. lip-synching can difficult issue in translating foreign works domestic release, simple translation of lines leaves overrun or underrun of high dialog mouth movements.

language dubbing

quality film dubbing requires dialogue first translated in such way words used can match lip movements of actor. hard achieve if translation stay true original dialogue. elaborate lip-synch of dubbing lengthy , expensive process. more simplified non-phonetic representation of mouth movement in many anime helps process.

in english-speaking countries, many foreign tv series (especially anime pokémon) dubbed television broadcast. however, cinematic releases of films tend come subtitles instead. same true of countries in local language not spoken enough make expensive dubbing commercially viable (in other words, there not enough market it).

however, non-english-speaking countries large enough population dub foreign films national language cinematic release. in such countries, people accustomed dubbed films, less optimal matches between lip movements , voice not noticed. dubbing preferred because allows viewer focus on on-screen action, without reading subtitles.