Facial Animation Course

Live Lectures Scheduled for May 22, 23, 29, 30 (2021) at 2pm Mexico City Time

Are you struggling with dialogue animation? Having issues trying to figure out what makes the best performance in animating facial performance?

Well this course is for you!

In this course we will explore facial animation and all its little quirks to achieve a life like performance. By enrolling in this course you will gain a better understanding of how to use phonemes, mouth shapes, pose to pose animation, expressions, and lip-syncing. Each lesson is pre-recorded to allow you to learn at your own pace in your own time. Through this course you should feel confident in your animation performance and no longer cringe at the idea of animating a character speaking or character to character dialogue.

Course Overview:

• Phonemes
• Mouth Shapes
• Expressions
• Blink Performance
• Track Reading and X-Sheets
• 2 Character Exchange (Dialogue Performance)
• Solo Character Performance (Speech)

Software Requirements:

We will be using Dragonframe and a free off the internet software to assist us in our exploration of lip lynching and performance. You can use all free software found on the internet to be able to achieve similar results.