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Understanding the Way We Speak
T-EXC-005-004
When it comes to animating, you must be careful not to overdo it. It is easy to start doing a different mouth for each letter the character is pronouncing, but this is a mistake. Try it yourself. If you can film yourself and analyze it afterwords, even better. Say a simple sentence as naturally as possible. You will notice that you do not emphasize every letter, or even every syllable, in that sentence. What happens if you do? It sounds a little bit silly, doesn't it? And it is slower, too.
If you want your character to sound natural, you must animate its mouth the same way that you would speak, only emphasizing where it is needed in the dialogue. So a phrase like "Good Morning!" should look something like this:
Instead of this, which is a little too much:
Time Estimated 5 mins
Difficulty Level Beginner
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