Dj Nicke short vid tut on Lip Synch

Decent little tutorial on lip synching by DJ Nicke, like Osipa does, but it's a video walk thru so that's helpful.

(basically copy pasting his stuff so I have it in case the internet ever swallows his site up):

He has 4 steps:
1) foundation: what's the context, what's the scene, what's the mood
2) structure: open/close and wide and narrow (key just these points and you're done for a low budget or far away character, should look like they are saying the dialogue
3)details: eyes, brows, eye darts, general emotion on the face, broad strokes of what the emotions are
4)polish: add in the character's unique personality, amd mannerisms, weight, micro-expressions, charictaristic expressions, 12 principles, head moves

Interesting technique to find the open close positions of the face, put your elbow on the desk, put your fist under your chin, so now when your mouth is open you feel your head goes up (easier then trying to feel it with your hand on your chin and arm floating)

Another clever trick, puts his thumb and finger on the corners of his mouth to feel the narrow wides.