Sunday 7 December 2014

Week 8 - Introduction to lip syncing (body language and performance)



There is more to lip-syncing than mouth shapes, the performance of you character needs to convey what they are saying.

 Screening: 
Creature Comforts is a franchise originating in a 1989 British humorous animated short film of the same name. The film describes how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. It was created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations. The film later became the basis of a series of television advertisements for the UK Electricity Board, and in 2003 a television series in the same style was released. An American version of the series was also made.


11 Second Club: Look at peoples post on their blogs.
Cocoon of Horror, Emily’s favourite: http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/november09/winner

About your final piece:
·         How long should it be? 3 – 4 seconds
·         Choose a sound track edit it in premiere if needed, and export it.
  • Design a simple character (unless using Maya rig)
  • Block it out (key frame and put in time with sound)
  • Animate

Task 1: Using only the body language with head movement animate a character using one of the sound tracks in the sound file folder on Wolf. Record your performances on your phones or friends) several times before you begin to animate. You can use which ever form of animation you like. Do not animate the mouth yet! From your video footage you will need to make notes on key parts of the performance and draw thumbnail sketches to work from

Homework: Find or create a sound file for your final lip sync piece. This is a good website to get your final sound files from: http://www.moviewavs.com/Movies.html


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