In most animated movies, TV shows and short films there is lip syncing. As I am making only a short animation between one to four minutes, I have turned to YouTube to find some short animated videos; videos which I have seen before and want to use as a basic idea of what I want to do and to do. lips syncing is very important, if it's off then it will look all wrong and sound wrong, which no one wants. lip syncing is done by the animator creating all the different mouth positions for each sound of the alphabet.
Using these mouth position you can create characters talking and this is what I'm going to need to do, and this is what I'm going to be looking at in other animated videos.
Here are a few videos I have found.
This video is called asdfmovie2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKB4h9gvmm0&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL3A5849BDE0581B19, 01/01/2010) created by Tomska. This video is a series of short animations. I really enjoyed these videos, they were funny and was animated very well. This video has a lot of speaking in it, which I think makes this a very good example for myself to look at, to work out how he has done it. The animation is black and white with colour coming in at certain parts as effects but the colour isn't given to characters or objects this gives a good effect, making things stand out. The art work in the video is simple, there isn't a background and there is only people and props which are mainly constructed by basic shapes and appear and disappear when needed for each scene; all these things make the video very effective the animation is smooth and the stories are good and makes it enjoyable for everyone. looking at the image I found earlier on along side the video, I can see all the different mouth positions and how it works with the dialog, when they are separate it feels weird but once the lip syncing is involve its like the characters have been given life.
Watching this video made me think that for my own idea, I could create a compilation of stories, or I could make one short funny story, something colourful and funny for all viewers, something like a funny conversation.
This is another video I looked at called I love Dota 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcK0b99t39w, 24/07/2013) from Jazza studios, this video is also short and funny like the one above but as you can see, it is more detailed making it more realistic, with human facial features, background and clothing. This video is also different because it mainly all about the characters dialog, which is why I chose it as an example. This animation is still funny but might be more for an older audience instead, but there is no swearing or rude behavior, the only thing that might make it more for the older audience is the blood at the very end. Another thing that's different is that most people wouldn't get the narrative of this animation because this animation is for pc gamers, who know or play the games mentioned in the animation.
For me the things I would take from this animation is the styling and the colouring, The styling is advanced and most realistic, the art work and the colours combine create the realistic feel, the style is of a cartoony nature, and I personally like this style of animation and I would love to create something like this instead, because the previous styling in the other animation above is known to that artist. This animation is like one of the ones i was saying before, this a sketch and short story but very effective.
With this animation the lip syncing is amazing, it really creates the illusion of speech, the different mouth position are strung together very nicely and create a smooth movement. I found that the artist done a series of videos showing how to create a flash animation from start to finish and he was creating this video with his audience. One of the videos was all about lip syncing and how to do it, the video really does help and I think it will be good to go back too to learn how to do it for my own animation.
By watching this video called Facial Animation in Flash (Lip Syncing) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1616982161&feature=iv&src_vid=MFAtpQd1Ld8&v=T3l3txgnf_A, 27/072013). I have now learnt about the different mouth positions and how the jaw moves with it and how you have to align it right with the jaw lines that are invisible within the drawing; but I'm sure that if I have problems I can create a line to help me with the jaw lines. All the art work was done in flash on a tablet, I want to be able to do this on my own animation, I will have to start practicing in the next few days.
After watching these videos I have came up with a few ideas, one to re create some funny college moments with my peers and tutors, maybe to exaggerate them as well to make it more dramatic and funny. Another one was to create a simple story with either and good meaning behind it. I could create a truthful story or a funny story, using some of my experiences.
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