1. CSC 111 – Storytelling through Computer Animation Scott Heggen

2. Agenda Today: 12 Laws of Animation Next Class: Team formation

3. First, A Sneak-peak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM8fXYZ-6u0

4. The 12 Laws of Animation 1930s Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Describes ways to make animations more realistic and believable Published in the book "Illusion Of Life"

5. The 12 Laws of Animation Squash and Stretch AnticipationStaging Straight Ahead and Pose-to- Pose Animation Follow Through and Overlapping Action Slow-out and Slow-in Arcs Secondary Action TimingExaggerationSolid DrawingAppeal

6. Squash and Stretch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n7x5BFwuLA 50s to 1m30s 3m19s to 3m30s 3m45s to end

7. Anticipation Prepares the audience for an action about to be performed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OydSRRE1rx8

8. Staging Clearly communicates the attitude, mood, reaction, or idea of the character Effective use of shot length (close-up, long shot) camera angles, number of concurrent actions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0vKbxY61Es

9. Straight Ahead and Pose-to-Pose Animation Start-to-finish animation vs. Creating major poses first, then animating in-between poses later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHdfHJtNWc

10. Follow Through Main body of an object stops, but all other parts continue to catch up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAPd2INz7uo

11. Ease-in and Ease-out Create acceleration (increased and decreased) by adding frames to the beginning and ending of a motion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ-NC0bHTYs

12. Arcs Most motions follow a circular path http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDwufYmVVo8

13. Secondary Motion Adds life to main action by supplementing it with additional actions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsdoPlL1t38

14. Spacing and Timing Amount of time for an object to travel a distance, and the amount of space between each frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaF2Hv-Gf-Q

15. Exaggeration Motions are overexpressed to better convey an emotion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NU-MOpWtm4

16. Solid Drawing Adds depth and solidity to an animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oGnyCj__CY

17. Appeal The character evicts an emotion from the audience (whether good or bad)

18. All 12 Illustrated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHfDEsNLg34