Thank you Fernando!
Being new to AE I’m trying to ask a lot of question to cut down on trial and error of just finding a function. I did find a good tut on Mocha and will try reverse tracking because that makes sense. The footage is simply, well, if you stand in front of a mirror looking straight in and suddenly open your mouth wide and stick out you tongue fully extended towards your chin (ala Rolling Stones logo or Gene Simmons of KISS), that would be it. It’s about 2.5 sec.
btw Your reel looks great and the doc below has a great feel.