Replacing audio phrases in FCPX

I have some audio where a person says the wrong phrase. She identified a department as a college. A few seconds later she does use the right phrase. I was able to copy and paste the phrase in the right spot and the only glitch is that visually you can tell she is saying another word instead of college. The rest of the phrase synced. I know that editors do this from time to time and I was wondering if there was any tricks to make this visually work better?

Put in a cutaway or a wide shot that's too far to see the lip movement.

I thought about the cutaway. These are just straight interviews and they were filmed on one camera so no wide shot. This is the time I wish I used a 4K camera so I had the choice of changing the size of the shot. We are not using any cutaways but might have to in this case.

B-roll, map, logo? Or live with it.

It's a crazy thought but you're desperate right?
Lay the sync video of the corrected word over the main video.
In Keying, drop on a mask and tweak that to just leave the lips over the original.

You'll probably have to reposition the shot, feather and
do a very quick dissolve in and out but it's worth a try

bobmax48 wrote: I thought about the cutaway. These are just straight interviews and they were filmed on one camera so no wide shot...

If there is no other footage available, get a still related to the subject material, cut to that and do a Ken Burns effect. It could be an PR photo, or the granite entrance sign, or do shallow DOF rack focus across the department name plaque as the subject mentions it. Those look good and are easy to get.

This is why it's always good to shoot some b-roll for every interview. E.g, close-up of hands clasping, etc. It's not only useful for breaking up visual monotony, but also covers situations like this.

The ideal procedure is listen to the interview, then immediately shoot supporting b-roll based on what they said. This is much more efficient and targeted than just shooting a bunch stuff hoping it will match the interview.

A general principle in interviews is minimize talking head time. No matter how serious or scholastic, it's usually best to plan all interviews with cutaways and shoot material to support that.

I've done Jimmy's solution before. Really not that hard to do, and can work out when done carefully.

Having not seen your shots I can't say for sure this would work but - along with the ideas suggested by Jimmy and Ben - you might be able to adapt this neat tip from TPayton to stitch together two separate parts of the same interview to substitute the line you are looking for. He explains it here:

Thank you everyone for the solutions. I use T Payton's technique a lot for jump cuts. I also use Alex4D's Grow/Shrink plugin for jump cuts. I like Jimmy's suggestion and I will try it. I do not want it to look like Clutch Cargo's mouth. That dates me and probably none of you know the cartoon.

You go, BobMax