Character Animation: Dialogue

Learn how to convey emotion through facial expression, and animate dialogue, with these fundamental animation principles.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Rig overview: CINEMA 4D
• Rig overview: Maya

1. Facial Anatomy and Emotion

• Basic emotions
• Mixed emotions
• Asymmetry in facial expression
• The eyes and emotion

2. Animating a Silent Shot: The Double Take

• Planning the shot
• Blocking out the timing
• Adding facial expression
• Adding overlap and follow-through

3. Animating Dialogue

• Reading the dialogue track
• Blocking out the initial poses
• Final blocking
• Adding facial expression
• Animating lip sync
• Final touches

4. Animating a Full-Body Shot Containing Dialogue

• Setting up the shot
• Blocking the body poses
• Adding moving holds
• Animating secondary motion
• Animating the dialogue pass
• Adding blinks and eye direction
• Finalizing the shot

Conclusion

• Next steps