Lip Syncing

Lip syncing is the process of getting the persons lip movements be synced up with the music. The person lip-syncing, usually the artiste, should be very confident with the songs lyrics so they can mime a convincing performance. If it is not done well, the video will look unprofessional and take away the verisimilitude of the video.

Lip sync battles

Lip-syncing has become its own thing altogether now with late night shows starting the trend; Jimmy Fallon's late night show had celebrities competing against him in a said battle. Moving on from that; recently, lip-syncing has gotten its own dedicated shows such as lip sync battles hosted by famous artiste Ll Cool J.

The image above is of Clark Gregg, best know for his appearances in the Marvel cinematic universe. He is portraying Britney Spears' toxic music video; this is a good example of intertextuality.