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chapter 12

lip-sync

Many aspiring animators are slightly afraid of getting their characters to talk. They shouldn’t ...

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chaptersummary
	•recording and breaking down a dialogue track
	•how we speak
	•acting with dialogue
	•quick from pose to pose
	•slow from pose to pose
	•erratically from pose to pose
	•mouth shapes
	mouth shut consonants
	the vowels
	the quieter vowels and consonants
	animating the mouth shapes early
	•exercises
	lip-sync in 2D
	lip-sync in 3D
	mouth shut consonants
	the vowels
	the quieter vowels and consonants
	animating the mouths
	•creating a more sophisticated character’s face and expression
	eyebrow movements
	mouth and jaw movements
	cheek movements
	nose movements