Dialogue - Lip Sync Tip

Some note for the Lip Sync form

• Aaron video (below)
• 304 - 325 in The Animator's Survival Kit
• 151 - 163 in Character Animation Crash Course.
• 453 – 471 in The Illusion of Life

The mouth move 2-4F ahead sound.
Say the Dialogue and feel the mouth shape change between the word
A sentence has a pose, award let the pose to buzz. Every pose would have meaning in it. Don't over animate, don't over-enunciate.

At least 2 frames to read the important consonant

Most of the time the head accent(頭的動作) is up

• anticipate is down
• then head accent up
• then lip on the vowel(母音)

Hit only the vowels which are important. Gloss over the other.

just hit the main accents

progress the action as you speak

Action:
we experience the emotion and magnify the result.

1. show the expression change
• avoid making a fast move while changing the expression
• change your expression before the move, or at the end, when the character is moving slowly enough for it to be seen
• Do not lose the expression change in an active secondary action- such as hand waving, a big arm action, or follow through on clothes.
2. avoid looking up for a frown, unless it is a sinister, domineering  one
3. Do not hide a smile with the head tilted down too far or behind a big nose or mustache
4. Be sure you have right staging to show all the expression in your scene to best advantage
5. have you tight expression for what your character thinking? are all part of the head and face relate to this one idea?
• Do not change shapes too much all over the face
• At time, hold down activity on the face so that just the mouth is moving
6. As we are told so many times before we learned: It is the change of shape that shows the character is thinking. It is the thinking that gives the illusion of life. It is the life that give meaning to the expression.

Aaron workflow:
1. Thumbnail, clear body action first, mouth shape later. keep simple
2. Scribble pass (some key)(overlook isn't the pose working ?)
3.Tied down (more fouce on the mouth)