Step-by-step: Animate a mouth to say “What?”

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Here’s an example to animate the delightful Mrs Green saying “What?” after receiving some startling news from another character who’s out of shot. Start with the O mouth shape.

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Add the A shape. She’s speaking quite loudly so her mouth is wide open. The mouth size needs to match the intensity of the line being said, and the eyes and body movements should also mirror her mood.

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Finally the T shape. These three shapes timed out to the voice track should look pretty good. Now I add smooth in-between animation to them, to make Mrs Green sell this line even better.