From the course: 21 Foundations of Animation
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Dialogue
- [Instructor] Let's take a look at dialog and mouth animation. Strong dialog is often described as chewy. The lower jaw expands and contracts a lot, which is going to create bold dialog action. The four images on the left are the most important. Closed for B, M, and P sounds. Wide for the EEE phonemes, open for loud vowel sounds, and pursed mouth for OOO sounds. The other four are just variations for fun. In TV cartoons in the 1960s, animations was simplified as characters were split onto different cell layers to reduce costs and to speed production. Dialog was reduced to these six shapes, called AF Dialog. It's important never to confuse these AF labels with the sounds that the shapes make. The A mouth is used for B, M, and P sounds, for example. Animators only had to draw six drawings for dialog, which could then be reused over and over. Some animators still use this method today, especially if they work with…
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