{"id":250,"date":"2025-11-11T04:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","slug":"creating-my-first-lyric-video-aint-no-mountain-high-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Creating My First Lyric Video:\u00a0\u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Creating My First Lyric Video:&nbsp;<em>\u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my first video assignment, I was tasked with creating a lyric video which is something I\u2019ve always admired but never tried myself. What I didn\u2019t expect was just how many small challenges I\u2019d encounter along the way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I struggled to find a song or video I could actually download. Even with YouTube Premium, I ran into issues getting the files I needed for the project. Eventually, I remembered that I had a free download of one of my all-time favorite songs,&nbsp;<em>\u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. That solved my problem and gave me the perfect soundtrack to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I imported the song into iMovie and headed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\">Pexels.com<\/a>, a site that offers free stock videos. I selected several clips that matched the upbeat, soulful energy of the song and then cut and pasted them together to create a kind of mini music video. Following my professor\u2019s instructions, I added an introduction at the beginning and created closing credits at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aint No Mountain High Enough Lyric Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fge9XXf6ZYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next (and most time-consuming) part was syncing the lyrics. Even though I could easily find the words online, I had to carefully time each line so it matched the vocals perfectly. This required listening to the song over and over, but it also helped me appreciate the rhythm and emotion behind every lyric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I finally finished, I was really happy with the final product. Not only did it look and sound great, but I also gained a new appreciation for the amount of work that goes into making lyric videos. Now I understand why people enjoy creating and sharing them online because it\u2019s a creative process that blends music, visuals, and storytelling in such a fun and rewarding way.<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fge9XXf6ZYU\">h<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to create you very own lyric video, you can find the project <a href=\"http:\/\/assignments.ds106.us\/assignments\/create-a-lyric-video\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0693e3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">here.<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating My First Lyric Video:&nbsp;\u201cAin\u2019t No Mountain High Enough\u201d For my first video assignment, I was tasked with creating a lyric video which is something I\u2019ve always admired but never tried myself. What I didn\u2019t expect was just how many small challenges I\u2019d encounter along the way! At first, I struggled to find a song [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,11],"tags":[27,43],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections-assignments","category-summary-posts","category-video-assignments","tag-reflective-assignments","tag-video-assignments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacolewis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}