HOW TO MAKE A PROFESSIONAL LYRIC VIDEO
As we all know video hostings like youtube or vimeo are the most famous video platforms on the NET. It became much popular than usual television. Era of MTV came to an end. Kids don’t watch music videos on TV anymore, they prefer to watch it on Youtube, Vimeo and Facebook. Is it good for artists?
Sure, nowadays, every band or single artist may upload music video on youtube and to become famous without spending unreal sums for promotion. Of course, it’s not the only point in your “how to become popular” plan, but the rest are details, which should be observed much more accurate.
As we all know video hostings like youtube or vimeo are the most famous video platforms on the NET. It became much popular than usual television. Era of MTV came to an end. Kids don’t watch music videos on TV anymore, they prefer to watch it on Youtube, Vimeo and Facebook. Is it good for artists?
Sure, nowadays, every band or single artist may upload music video on youtube and to become famous without spending unreal sums for promotion. Of course, it’s not the only point in your “how to become popular” plan, but the rest are details, which should be observed much more accurate.
ANIMATED LYRIC VIDEO HISTORY
The first lyric video ever was made in 1988 by amazing Bobby Brown for his song “Every Little Step”. It had only one phrase in the scene, but it was a great effect for those times. The usage of these words in the video made video look unique and fresh. This video helped Bobby to get a huge army of fans and made him more popular. So, what is a lyric video?
Lyric video is an animational content which focuses on the music lyrics. The main part in the video is text. Words may be animated in a different ways and in different scenes and surroundings. Also, lyrics may be just overlayed over a real filmed music video or integrated into the scene. That’s a really simple concept, but it works!
Visualization of the song is a great opportunity for creating an awesome content. A lot of bands and musicians already got thousands of fans only with the help of their lyric videos. For example, country superstar Tailor Swift released a big quantity of lyric videos 5 years ago, and where is she know? On the top of music industry and her name is already written in the history of music.
LYRIC VIDEO TRENDS
There came more than 28 years. Lyric video evolved from a typical music video with a couple of words into a full and independent music clip. In the early beginning it was a visualization of some song words. Then appeared videos with the bigger quantity of words.
Then, we’ve got times of karaoke. There are a lot of discussions about it, but we may find karaoke videos as lyric videos too. Anyway, it’s already in the past. Then appeared simple videos with texts just over a picture (bandphoto, nature shot or any other 2d picture).
After 2d there came overlays for real footages, where texts are like over the video but not into the scene. After that, lyric videos have got a strong influence by motion graphics. It was a big step, ‘cause motion graphics require powerful equipment and experts in animation.
Such videos may be done only by experienced animators. In this period of time almost all of the lyric videos were done in this way. Motion graphics combine different creative elements – typography, images, solids and shapes. All of these elements are animated in a specific way.
After motion graphics lyric video we’ve got 3D videos. This type of music lyric video is very popular in rock and metal music. It’s a video with 3D background and animated lyrics integrated into this scene, with a big quantity of additional effects. Shaking, fire, explosions, textures and a lot of such stuff.
GHD IS HERE FOR YOU
Why GHD is the best choice as a lyrics video studio? Our company was founded and is being held by musicians and friends.
We really know good what our customers need. When we make something we always think – would we like it, if we were our clients? We suggest high quality lyric video production and best prices for lyric videos. We are a reliable partner, please read a lot of reviews of our lyric video services by our clients on facebook page.
We may use your pictures and any other stuff in the video, we apply revisions to the video on all the stages, we respect your release deadline dates. You may be sure that you won’t get any extra commissions for paying to different managers and promoters who just resell lyric videos to other designers.
Our lyric video producers contact with your customers directly. It makes prices lower and increases an efficiency of the project. While other companies have to pay extra commission to a manager and to spend more time on communication between all the sides: band, manager, promoter and producer.
ANIMATED LYRIC VIDEO HISTORY
The first lyric video ever was made in 1988 by amazing Bobby Brown for his song “Every Little Step”. It had only one phrase in the scene, but it was a great effect for those times. The usage of these words in the video made video look unique and fresh. This video helped Bobby to get a huge army of fans and made him more popular. So, what is a lyric video?
Lyric video is an animational content which focuses on the music lyrics. The main part in the video is text. Words may be animated in a different ways and in different scenes and surroundings. Also, lyrics may be just overlayed over a real filmed music video or integrated into the scene. That’s a really simple concept, but it works!
Visualization of the song is a great opportunity for creating an awesome content. A lot of bands and musicians already got thousands of fans only with the help of their lyric videos. For example, country superstar Tailor Swift released a big quantity of lyric videos 5 years ago, and where is she know? On the top of music industry and her name is already written in the history of music.
Frequently Asked Questions
Prepare your track in WAV or MP3 (we can work with a raw mix and replace with mastered track later), lyrics & reference videos (a couple of your favorite lyric videos).
Once you’ve sent a request we’ll be in touch with you.
If you want to use your artist / band logo – please send it too (PNG preferred).
Once the video is in production, we provide a short concept preview for your approval (20-30 seconds).
Please let us know your comments if you would like to apply any adjustments to the concept. Then, once the first concept preview is approved by you, we will provide a full length preview. And once a full version is fully approved – file will be ready for sending.
Please check our youtube channel, vimeo channel or facebook. Every page contains our videos right from 2012. You may even check how our design skills changed through the year comparing the very first video from vimeo with the latest release. From fully manual work up to the usage of the latest AI techniques for video production! And sure we may provide a proof of work for every single video that is used on our website right now.
We care about our credibility and we understand how it is important to keep tracks closed until release. Project discussion is completely confidential. We do not share your tracks, lyrics or other materials with anyone.
We may use some samples from our videos only in our Showreel or just for demonstration of our portfolio of works, but only after your release.
All our videos are presented in 1080p and 29.97 fps by default, optimized for YouTube and Vimeo. If you want to get 4k or 60 FPS – please let us know, we can make that as an additional option.
Please discuss project deadline with us. Overall, very often we can. It may depend on studio availability and load. Special rates may apply for express options.
Languages we work with: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese. Sometimes it’s possible to work with any other, please ask us if necessary.
Yes, please get in touch with us. We’ll figure it out.
For sure! We produce completely original videos with custom generated or fully licensed content with a possibility for commercial usage. (footages, 3D models etc..)
Over 10 years work experience allows us to create videos almost for any existing music genre.
Yes, no problem. Just tell us name of platform and we’ll produce it to meet specifications.
Usually we keep projects at least for 2 weeks even after the project is finished. Please write us if you need anything.
We are sorry, but we do not work on projects that actively incite violence, adult content or hate speech.
Lyric Video Services
Our company offers high-quality, unique and custom video studio products for music industry. And our optimized work schemes allow us to keep the best possible quality/price ratio for artists of all levels. Do you want to impress your viewers? Just contact us!
We’ve successfully worked with many bands, DJs, singers, labels, management teams and Grammy-nominated artists from all around the world.
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