Where can I get a mouth template for stop-motion animations?

Question

I know that there is a general template of all the mouth shapes according to different sounds, but i can't seem to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

If it's just the mouth shapes you want as reference, here's a link to some samples

Answer 2

There are various lip sync charts floating around the net. For example:

http://www.how2machinima.com/lipsync.jpg

However, all of them are only meant to be a guideline to lip syncing. To create a strong acting performance and to make your lip syncing feel real you should really study the vocal track for awhile and plan out the body language, head movement and facial expressions that you think best suit the vocal delivery. To even further the strength of the lip sync, you should have a variety of mouth shapes for the variety of ways the dialogue pronounces sounds, not just basic mouth shapes for the basic sound groups (phonemes).

Here's some lip sync do's and don'ts from Keith Lango, a professional animator with years of industry experience:

http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials/old/...

Answer 3

here is a good online resource for animation

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_note...

there's plenty more, do a search for lip sync chart.

the idea is to match the shapes phonetically

the best thing I find is using a mirror as reference.

i would also highly recommend getting a copy of The Animator's Survival Kit, by Richard Williams.

Edit:

at the bottom of the the link provided i found a link to the chart we used when I was studying, it rocks.

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_note...

happy animating ;)