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November 15, 2007
first lip-sync test
by sven at 2:28 pm
Here's my first true lip-sync test. Notes:
- I shot 15fps. The "o" in "Ichbonnsen" is jarring to my eye... Does it come in too soon? Did I need another inbetween in order to get to that shape? Is it just holding still for too long? (The "i" in "lives" is also a bit off -- but not as badly.)
- The stickers' corners want to pop up, and they cast shadows. Grrrr.
- It's hard to keep the head perfectly in place when you're trying to press stickers onto it.
- I thought I'd be clever and put the stickers on a piece of clear acetate, sitting on top of a photocopy of the mouth forms -- making it easy to select what I want to use. It turns out, though, that the stickers adhere rather well to acetate. I'll have to try semi-translucent wax paper next.
- I bumped one of the clip lamps. The placement of the one on the right, at least, is going to have to be re-thunk.
- the camera was very slowly leaning forward during the shoot. I must not have locked off the head tightly enough.
posted by sven | November 15, 2007 2:28 PM | comments (5) | categories: stopmo
Comments
cool man....exciteing!!
from what I can see.
the B in {bonsin} lives....jumped right out as a missed shape.
i see you have it in there but it doesnt read...
for ffs and P s and B's....i often double the frames to make sure that the visual hits hits.
its a very important shape...meaning i hold the shape for two pics to make sure.
justinPosted by: justin at November 15, 2007 3:46 PM
I don't notice the 'i' in lives, but yeah, the 'o' jumps out there. Looking at it frame by frame, it maybe starts early and misses where the lips curl in to spit out a 'b'. Otherwise, great test!
Posted by: shield at November 15, 2007 7:27 PM
I think it would look better if the inside of the mouth is dark rather than white. That's maybe another reason the O and I in particular jump out, because the mouth is wide open but it's white inside.
Posted by: Darkstrider at November 15, 2007 11:51 PM
@Justin: Ah-ha! Yes, that's the key issue. Thank you so much!!
@Shield: Thanks, Bro!
@Mike: Good point... If I stick with these mouths for Ichbonnsen -- which I'm guessing I will (despite the irritating curling problem) -- then they should get some color before production really begins.
Eyelids and eyebrows, too... Yeah, I'm increasingly sure he needs those extra features to be adequately experssive.
Posted by: sven at November 16, 2007 1:46 AM
Oh, coooool.....
Posted by: michael5000 at November 21, 2007 11:29 AM