Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27586321-20151215071447/@comment-27560932-20151215191115

There's a lot you can convey with simple body language, even over dialogue. When you think of a hammy actor, what image comes to mind? I think boisterous, booming people, but with certain theatrical movements. Merely being loud is not enough; you've got to convey emotion to support actual dialogue and voices with elaborate hand gestures and such. Even this can be subtle, on its own; I wouldn't imagine someonoe like Jesus Christ himself to be as hammy in those movements, but I think of him in a certain pose like this, and even the non-speaking still of that can still speak a lot.

This applies even in the recording studio for voice actors. All of Ratigan's bouncy movements during his musical number? Added into the animation to mimic what Vincent Price was doing in the recording booth. Don't be dissuaded that you have no lines; if done right, a non-speaking performance can be just as strong as one with dialogue.