Animating a mouth

[infokill]

Is there a way to animate the mouth of a drawn cartoon character?
I need it to sync up with whats being said also.
Possible in AE?
Tutorials or adivice?

Thanks

[Caveman]

Hey infokill,
It's totally possible, how difficult it will be to do will be based on how complex the character is. i.e. realistic anime style vs. southpark style.
There are basically 9 mouth shapes that coincide with certain letter sounds, so you can map the shapes out according to the words and letters.
You'll need a stop watch for timing, this will save you alot of time with the keyframing.
Here's a helpful but lengthy link .... http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials/old/lipSync.htm

I'll try to find the mouth shapes online, if not I'll just scan the page from my animation book.

:thumbsup:
CAVEMAN

Post a pic of your character so I can help further.