Applying the Foundations of Animation

Ready to use your animation skills in a real-world project? Learn how to apply Dermot O’ Connor’s 21 foundations of animation to create a classical animated scene.

Introduction

• The 21 foundations

1. Planning a Scene

• Appeal and design
• Dialog and accents
• Staging, acting, and thumbnails

2. Applying the Foundations

• Pose to pose the primary keys
• Timing and spacing
• Anticipation, overshoot, and settle
• Plot arcs
• Squash and stretch
• Silhouette, line of action, and reversal
• Opposing actions and counterpose
• Leading action and breaking joints
• Breaking down the action
• Secondary, overlap, and straight ahead
• Exaggeration and plussing
• Planning the scene

Conclusion

• Next steps