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This is a keyframe, an element in Roblox Studio used to make insane animations.

I want to make animations like these, but it turns out that a lot goes into it.

You need to know camera movement, smooth animations, character design, sound design, VFX, lighting, and this is the best thing I can make right now.

While animating typically takes years to master, I want to see if I can learn how to make a full fighting scene in just one week.

And in order to accomplish this, I've given myself a list of smaller projects that we will create leading up to the final fighting scene.

Before we can get to animating anything, we first need to figure out what tool to even animate with.

So I did a little research and found that everyone was using this plugin called Moon Animator.

And this plugin costs $30?

After purchasing Moon Animator, I messed around for a few minutes

and realized that this really isn't as bad as I was expecting.

In the first minute, I was able to make this simple movement with zero experience.

Then I tried making a running animation, and I was humbled pretty quick.

The running animation is actually the first item on our checklist, and after making a better quality version of the animation,

we can move on to the second item, which is a wall flip.

But I want to check something out first.

While watching a bunch of tutorials, I came across this really cool tool called Live Animator.

All you have to do is upload a video of you or someone else dancing, and Roblox turns it into an animation.

I found this feature through a YouTuber named Robuilder who did this weird thing where he jumped through his leg.

And I'm gonna jump through like that and we gonna be alright.

And I wanted to try this for myself.

So now that we've explored what's possible with animating on Roblox, it's time to see if we can actually apply what we learned.

My goal for today is to make an animation where the player runs off a wall

and does a backflip off of it.

All right, so it's been around 20 minutes, and this is what we were able to make.

Don't worry.

I know this looks pretty boring.

But there's still two more things we can do to enhance this.

First, we can add camera movement effects to make it feel like there's more stuff going on.

And this already makes a pretty big difference.

But we can take it even one step further by adding a bunch of sound effects to the clip

and a video editor.

And this was the final product.

So going into day three, I'm pretty confident in my ability to make some pretty cool animations.

But we still haven't done anything involving two characters yet.

Yeah, that might be important if we want to make a fighting scene.

But this is actually perfect because the third item on our list is to make a slide tackle.

Alright, honestly, I don't know how long I've been animating for, but I did one character all the way through,

and now I'm going to go ahead and do the other character.

So this is what we have for the first character so far.

And now we need to make the second character kind of fall whenever the first character hits.

Oh my gosh.

Alright, so I have finished the animation now and here is how it's looking.

It's obviously not that great, but I would say it's pretty good for day three.

And just so I get used to it, I'm gonna mess around with some camera effects to see how it looks when we add that in.

Oh, also, I don't know if you noticed this, but I added a little head collision here when he jumps back up.

Then the second guy goes flying even higher into the air from it.

Anyways, this is what the animation looks like now after we added in the camera effects.

So now that we know how to animate two characters at once, we are pretty much ready to create a full fighting scene.

But before we get to work on any large projects, I want to take some inspiration from Roblox games.

I've been told that Battlegrounds games have really cool animations, but I've never played one before, so we're gonna see how true that is.

Whoa.

Let's go up and fight this dude.

Guys, I don't think I'm too great at this game.

While searching for more Roblox games, I realized that today was actually the release date of a game that I've been waiting months for.

That's right, Bubblegum Simulator Infinity.

And while the game might have 40 ,000 people playing, I'm going for first place on the leaderboard.

You may think I'm delusional, but I have infinite Robux.

Alright, so it turns out that these pets are...

Kinda trash.

After six hours of straight grinding, I finally realized that all the good pets were in the season pass.

Oh my god, he only has 699 ,000 Roblox sites.

Oh my god, he's broke, he's broke, he's broke, he's broke.

Yes, yes, we needed that.

These pets were so good that I was able to climb the leaderboard.

Wait, I'm second on this thing.

Yo, I'm second.

Oh, wait.

Oh my god.

Wait, this is number one here.

What?

He just joined you.

How much are you blowing for me?

Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, you're not you never better.

Oh, you have the secret.

No, I think she has a full better team than you

That's the fair loss fair loss, bro fair loss

So if we want to beat this guy our team needs to be just a little bit better

But I'm already 50 ,000 robux deep in this

and I need to get really lucky like really lucky if we get a better team So yeah, that's 70k.

Wait!

Shiny!

Oh!

Shiny!

Wait, what?

Shiny!

Oh!

Hey, hey, you want me to do it?

You want me to do it?

I can do it, I can do it.

How good is it on your phone?

58k.

Oh my god!

You've got more than her!

I have 45k people in this game.

We are in the cult with the best player.

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So I kind of grinded the game until 3 .30am, but it was so worth it because when I woke up, I was in first place.

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And as I'm editing this video right now, I'm actually still in first place.

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The game has over 70 ,000 people playing.

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And in case you didn't notice, I did not make much animation progress that day, and I kind of got beat up for it.

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Okay, fine.

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We're gonna get back to work.

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So we may have gotten a little sidetracked with the whole bubblegum thing, but I'm ready to make the final animation now.

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I found a bunch of videos to use as inspiration and I even made a little storyboard for the battle.

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So let's go through what I have planned out.

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First, there's going to be this high security room with a secret key that activates windows.

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There's going to be this guy who tries to sneak into the room to try and activate windows on my computer.

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But we all know what happens next because I'm never activating windows.

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While making the animation, I was able to use a bunch of techniques that I had learned in the previous days.

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And now after one week of learning from scratch.

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I proudly present to you the final battle!

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The key to activate windows is in my reach.

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Womp womp!

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Man, that was the easiest fight of my life.

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You suck.

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Yeah, so that fight might have looked pretty short, but that took me several hours to make.

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Anyways, let me know if you want to see me dive even deeper into this.

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I'm pretty happy with the result that we got after just five days.

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And if you're wondering why it's five days, I actually had to leave early for spring break.

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Have fun, though.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Tried Learning Roblox Animation”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: animation, character, Roblox. This video has 123 sentences and 1372 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:10. The speaker talks at a natural 168 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
animation noun	/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/	The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
activate verb	/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/	To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
pet noun	/pɛt/	An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
inspiration noun	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
grind verb	/ˈɡɹaɪnd/	To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
technique noun	/tɛkˈniːk/	The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
element noun	/ˈɛləmənt/	One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
suck verb	/sʌk/	To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
trash noun	/tɹæʃ/	Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
insane adjective	/ɪnˈseɪn/	Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
smooth adjective	/smuːð/	Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
explore verb	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	To examine or investigate something systematically.
edit verb	/ˈɛdɪt/	To change a text, or a document.
slide noun	/ˈslaɪ̯d/	An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
turn out verb		To end up; to result.
come across verb		To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get back to verb		Return to (an activity)
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
go up verb		To move upwards.
lead up to verb		To set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Let's go up and fight this dude.
How much are you blowing for me?
Hey, hey, you want me to do it?
You want me to do it?
How good is it on your phone?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been animating · I've been waiting
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've given · we've explored · it's been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was humbled · I've been told
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	item, which is · guy who tries

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, trash /tɹæʃ/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, collision /kəˈlɪʒn̩/
Long words — get the stress right: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, delusional /dɪˈluːʒənəl/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like animation, activate, pet.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?