What's a simple animation tool for a newbie?

[MadMaz]

Hey guys/gals, I have a quick question. I have done a search and overwhelmed myself with the information provided and I am no closer to a solution than before I started! Basically, I am after a simple animation tool that can save files in avi format. What I am trying to do is to make a short animated movie for my young son. I am not trying to do a 'Finding Nemo' type of animation. All I want is simple smily faces on screen where I can animate their mouths so they can tell jokes/riddles. I need avi format because I am lucky enough (?) to have Adobe Premier at home and I was going to use my camcorder to record the voices for the jokes and then just lay them over the talking faces. Then I was going to burn them on DVD and send them to him.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.

[steveryan]

Have a look here, might be of some use to you -

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=284269&highlight=animation

[thecoalman]

home and I was going to use my camcorder to record the voices for the jokes and then just lay them over the talking faces.

You can record directly to your HDD or editor.

I'm not familiar with Premeir but it should have a voice overlay feature, just load the clip into premeire, plug a mic into your computer and record as the video is playing. This is used for adding commentary it correctly matches up with video, otherwise it would be a nightmare getting good sync.

If not just go to start>accessories>entertainment>sound recorder. Adjust the sound recording settings to a DVD compliant spec.

[guns1inger]

Moho
ZS4
Wax2

can all be used.