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Lip Syncing Tips for Puppeteers: How to Master the Art of Puppet Theater

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Summary: Learn tips on lip syncing techniques used by puppeteers in this free online instructional video on how to master the art of puppet theater.

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Paul Louis Paul Louis is an award-winning actor, singer, songwriter, puppeteer, illustrator and filmmaker. He has been in the "creativity" biz for over 25 years. Louis i... read more

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Lip Syncing Tips for Puppeteers: How to Master the Art of Puppet Theater

Hello! Again, this is Paul Louis from Puppets n’ Stuff puppets. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay, so we went over how to properly open and close puppet’s mouth. Now we are going to talk a little bit about lip-sync, and that is basically when you are operating the character, and either you are doing the voice or maybe you are lip-syncing the voice from some type of audio recording. You are going to open and close the mouth accordingly. And the way we are going to do that is, we are going to start with the alphabet; that is a good way to practice. And what we are going to do is, upon each syllable, we are going to attempt to open and close the puppet’s mouth. So we are going to start like this: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p. Now the wrong way would be: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k you follow. Also, another misconception that people have is that, upon each syllable, you close the mouth. So some people do this a, b, c, d. Now if I was speaking like that, it would sound like this: a, b, c, d, and we don’t want that for the puppet either. Okay? So again, we open and we come to a complete close upon each syllable, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p. Okay? We will be right back.

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