Unit 5: Investigating audio production and technology
Unit 6: Investigating visual production and technology
Unit 7: Investigating interactive media production and technology
Intent: To animate dialogue using a variety of lip-sync techniques, aligning with industry practices in game arts and animation
Implementation: Through discussion and practical tasks
Impact: Development of audio-visual synchronisation skills, improved timing and animation quality. Ability to use lip sync in future projects
Soft Skills: Attention to detail, giving and receiving feedback, adaptability in response to feedback, time management
Industry: Lip-sync animation is a key skill in animation and game development
SMSC: Exploration of character emotions and expressions through dialogue, respect for diverse voices and perspectives
What is lip sync?
Why is it used?
Can you provide good and bad examples?
On your google sites: Questions answered, examples provided and links to research
What do I do?
Learn how to add audio to Adobe Animate. This is a crucial step and important you do it correctly or you'll have export problems later on!
Watch the tutorial
Import audio into Animate
Learn the difference between play, event and stream
Set up audio correctly for the next task
On your google sites:
Evidence of your development
Annotation (what you are doing and why)
Where are the audio clips? Great question, you can find everything you need here!
What do I do?
Follow the tutorial
Lip sync your chosen audio technique using the method in the video
Export, then embed on your site
On your google sites:
Evidence of your development
Exported video
Annotation (what you are doing and why)
Where are the files?
Teams > General > Files > Class Materials > > Lip Sync > Mouth Shapes 1
You have used the Purple & Brown and Mouth Shapes 1 files and successfully lip synced a piece of audio. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why and how you felt about it.
You have drawn your own image and used Mouth Shapes 1 for the lips. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why, how you felt about it and what you can do to improve in the future.
You have drawn your own image and are using your own mouth shapes. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio and have possibly added keyframes or more.
What do I do?
Follow the tutorial
Lip sync your chosen audio technique using the method in the video
Export, then embed on your site
Understand what symbols are and how we might use them - They are a fundamental tool in this kind of animation!
On your google sites:
Evidence of your development
Exported video
Annotation (what you are doing and why)
You have used the Pikachu and Mouth Shapes 2 files and successfully lip synced a piece of audio. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why and how you felt about it. You can now use symbols.
You have drawn your own image and used Mouth Shapes 2 for the lips. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why, how you felt about it and what you can do to improve in the future. You can now use symbols.
You have drawn your own image and are using your own mouth shapes. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio and have possibly added keyframes or more. You can now use symbols and have maybe experimented with other ways they can be used. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why, how you felt about it, what you can do to improve in the future and are relating your progress to the animation industry.
What do I do?
Follow the tutorial
Lip sync your chosen audio technique using the method in the video
Export, then embed on your site
On your google sites:
Evidence of your development
Exported video
Annotation (what you are doing and why)
You have used your own drawings as a base and have successfully lip synced a piece of audio with mouth shapes you have drawn yourself. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why and how you felt about it.
You have drawn your own image and used Mouth Shapes 2 for the lips. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why, how you felt about it and what you can do to improve in the future. You can now use symbols.
You have drawn your own image and are using your own mouth shapes. You have successfully lip synced a piece of audio and have possibly added keyframes or more. You can now use symbols and have maybe experimented with other ways they can be used. You have uploaded it to your site and explained what it is you did, why, how you felt about it, what you can do to improve in the future and are relating your progress to the animation industry.
What do I do?
In small groups discuss the techniques you've used. Think about the following:
Which techniques were most effective?
Which did you enjoy the most? Why?
What do you feel another classmate has done well?
What can you do to improve?
When would you use each technique?
How do you feel about software that can auto lip sync?
On your google sites:
Evidence of this discussion on your site
Reflection
Go to Socrative and use the room number ???.
The teacher's question is: Which method of lip sync would you use for your own projects and why?
Have you evidenced all your work and reflected on it?
Experiment further with lip sync. Source audio yourself and try and convey emotion in your character, let's get your characters acting! Try multiple versions. If you're up to date with everything work on either your targets or the prompts. You're not limited to any one piece of software for this!