In 2017 Flex Animation was proud to assist Stargate Studios with the hero character in a new Spanish TV show ‘Sabuesos’ (Hound Dogs). Working closely with Stargate, Flex provided a full FACS rig for ‘Max’ for use in 900 live action shots over 10 episodes, enabling a dog to talk!

The facial setup had to respect the anatomy of the Jack Russell Terrier whilst allowing the actor’s performance to be mapped on to the rig. Layers of phonetic controls allowed the animators to work broadly, while finer muscle controls allowed fine tuning to match the nuances of the voice actor.

Image courtesy of this article breaking down Stargate Studios’ work on ‘Sabuesos’

Should you have any questions about our facial rigging pipeline and/or the performance transfer process, please do get in touch with us.

Special thanks to Stargate Studios for working with us on this exciting project.