Lip sync!

Ok so I’m going to come back to the Character walk in a bit, once I figure out how to fix the textures.

So, on the Lip Sync!

We had a choice of 3 sound clips to lip sync our characters too. The clip I went for basically consists of an energetic cockney male voice saying “Blimey, sorry! Christmas Eve on a rooftop, saw a chimney, my old brain just went, what the hell?”.

I chose this clip because it’s upbeat, kind of funny and, I had a story in mind for it almost immediately.

A young thief breaks into someone’s house to go “shopping” for his girlfriend’s Christmas present.

Upon being discovered he gets a freight and apologises, trying to laugh it off. 

I like the idea of him shrugging and raising his arms to say “what the hell?” only to revel the stolen present in his hand.   

I decided to use the Moom rig again for this exercise, because he has that cheeky look about him, and I already know all the controls pretty well.   

It was recommended we build up our animation in layers, starting with the jaw opening and closing, then the lip movements, and so on.

One again, my saviour Richard Williams has provided instructions...