Objective: Lipsyncing with a partner in the language of their choice.
For this assignment, I worked with Renad Al-Alola and in the audio, I recorded her, she said “Hello. My name is Renad. I am from Saudi. I love Qahwa(coffee) and Henini” in Arabic. I designed a character to look pretty similar to Renad herself and went ahead from there.
The character design and initial mockup:
The mouth movement:
The first final version:
Corrections after feedback: I was asked to move the audio a fraction of a second ahead so that it felt more natural. And to not overlap the action and dialogue too much so that it looks unnatural and staged.
The final version:
Reflection: This was the first exercise where I got to animate with a character that I designed, and I had an incredible time with that. I tried to slow myself down and not overdo anything in the animation since it was such a small clip. I wanted it to be impactful and subtle and I tried my best to get that out. During the feedback, I also figured out ways to correct myself quickly and efficiently after a moment of panic. This was one of my favourite assignments.