lip sync

Thân thiện

A singer performs a lip sync on a brightly lit stage.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of moving one's lips in synchronization with a pre-recorded audio track: The technical process or performance art of matching lip movements to a soundtrack, especially when the performer is not the original source of the sound. This is often used in film, music videos, and live performances.

Usage

The term "lip sync" (also spelled "lip synch") is used to describe the technique itself or a specific instance of its use. - It is commonly used as a noun: The actor's lip sync was flawless. - It can function as a modifier in compound nouns: a lip-sync battle, lip-sync performance. - The related verb is "to lip-sync": She will lip-sync to the song on stage.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The music video required perfect lip sync from the band members.
  • The film editor was responsible for checking the lip sync in the final cut.
  • They held a lip-sync competition at the school talent show.

Advanced Usage

• "Lip sync for your life": A famous phrase from the television show , where it refers to a high-stakes lip-sync performance to avoid elimination from the competition. It emphasizes the performative and competitive aspect.
• "Lip sync assassin": A colloquial term for a performer who is exceptionally skilled and compelling at lip syncing.

Variants and Related Words

• Lip-sync (verb): To perform lip sync.
• Lip-synching/Lip-syncing (gerund/noun): The act of performing lip sync.
• Playback (noun): The act of playing back a pre-recorded sound, to which a performer may lip-sync.

Synonyms

• Miming: Often used interchangeably, though "miming" can more broadly refer to silent physical acting without sound.
• Dubbing: A related post-production process where new audio is matched to lip movements, but the performer is not necessarily the one moving their lips on screen.

Related Phrases

• To lip-sync along (to something): To perform lip sync in time with a specific audio track.
  • The fans loved to lip-sync along to their favorite song.
• Out of sync / Bad lip sync: Used when the audio and lip movements do not match correctly.
  • The low-budget film had terrible lip sync; the dialogue was out of sync with the actors' mouths.

Học thuật

Noun

1. combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lip synchronization
• lip synchronisation
• lip synch