Some people use an X-Sheet, where you write down the the dialogue and then below that the number of frames it'll take to say each part of the line.
For example:
Hello, I'm George. | Nice to meet you!
30 25
If you want to have multiple arm movements during a line you'd split it up like so:
When I grow up, | I want to be a doctor!
20 30
And for emphasis, where a larger arm movement is is required:
This box is | HUGE!
15 15
To figure out how many frames are between each section, you have to find the number of seconds each section is, then multiply by the number of FPS you use. So if it took the actor one second to say "This box is", and you are animating at 15fps, there would be 15 frames during which the actor says the line.
Personally I would use these if I didn't have iStopmotion to animate.
Edit: It might help to put the number of frames from the beginning at the start of each section like this:
When I grow up, | I want to be a doctor. | Do you want a cheese stick? |
0 20 50 65
Last edited by jasper (August 22, 2015 (07:52am))