The invention discloses a video communication method. The video communication method comprises a step of obtaining a first video image collected by a first terminal, a step of carrying out action identification on the first video image, a step of sending a first preset animation corresponding to first preset action and the first video image to a second terminal which carries out video communication with the first terminal when an action identification result is matched with the first preset action such that the second terminal displays the first preset animation and the first video image. The invention also discloses a video communication device. When the user of the first terminal wants send expressions to the user of the second terminal, the making action matched with the first preset action is needed, the first preset animation corresponding to the first preset action can be automatically sent to the second terminal, and thus expression pattern related to a video communication scene can be automatically displayed according to the video communication scene such as the body movements of the user.