Lip Syncing

Lip Syncing

Although I have a narrator speaking the words of the characters, I still want them to speak the words.

For this I will need to look at what mouth movements they will need to make by looking at the script and by listening to the narration.

Creating the basic mouth shapes as replaceable mouths is where I am going to start. For my Sculpey made character heads I cut out the lower part of the mouth and put in magnets so I can replace the mouths easier.

The faces of Coraline.

Speaking parts in the script

The Lookout - Turn back!

Ship's Cook - Here be monsters! DOWN HERE! Inside the mist!

Captain Cut-Throat - Nonsense! Monsters simply don't exist.

Based on the book Here Be Monsters text © Jonathan Emmett 2013 and illustration © Poly Bernatene 2013, first published by Macmillan Children’s Books.