Lip Sync Tests

Today I went into Uni to test out lip syncing. I was a little worried about how we are going to get the timing right for the mouth movements at the same time as animating as if we get it wrong we have to start all over again if we don't notice soon enough. Trying it out today i realized that the sound and animation has to be broken down into small sections of about 10 secs top to fit in with stop motion pro. Here are the tests I have created.

Mozorella - In this test the 'M' is a little unclear so I would need to make sure i have that mouth shape visible for longer. Although the rest of the lip sync seems good especially at the end on the 'LA'.

Parmesan - I really like this one although I feel that I didn't quite get the 'S' shape in well enough.

Gorgonzola - This one works well because i have changed the size of the mouth shape on the 'A' based on the sound created.

Edam - I really enjoyed this one due to the fact there were so many different mouth shapes to use and because it was a fast moving track i found it a bit easier.

Stilton - I'm not to sure about the timing of this one on the 'L' but the rest of it seems in time.

Derby - This is a very simplistic lip sync and I think I need to try it again to see if the mouth shapes are  correct. I think there needs to be a circle shape on the 'ER'

Camembert - For this one i have followed the mouth shapes for the word but the sound track sounds different and so I need to figure this one out again to create a better lip sync.

Brie - In this one the mouth shapes at the beginning are all the same making it look false and fake so I plan to look at this one a bit closer.

Cheddar - This one needs a clearer shape for the 'D' so that it is a better performance and so i can understand the movements more clearly.

Guitar - This one I didn't enjoy. I found it tedious as i couldn't get the mouth shapes to look right maybe i needed to use another shape in between. All i got from doing this lip sync is I really don't want to animate the guitar character.

Bass Rythem 1 and 2 - Although these two are very repetitive I found these lip syncs fun as the mouth shapes were all very similar but the slight differences make the animation seem realistic.

Backing Singer 1- The cheddar lip sync isn't quite right and I plan to look at this further at uni to get this movement right. Aside from this i feel that the goats cheese was quite successful.

Backing Singer 2 -  The movement for this lip sync seems exactly the same as the one above and i feel that once again I need to look into the sync of the cheddar again.


This task was at most an enjoyable task apart from a few. I found that sometimes i would loose track and have to go back and delete or add frames to make the sync work. Generally on the longer notes but with a bit of practice I will get used to the timing and get a better sense of which shapes work best.