Great news! This video has been expanded into a 2-hour long course on Linkedin-Learning / Lynda (if you have a sub to either, the course is the same on both).
01. Appeal – 1:08 02. Strong Design – 1:25 03. Staging – 1:41 04. Acting & Pantomime – 2:11 05. Keys & Breakdowns – 2:32 06. Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose – 2:47 07. Thumbnails – 3:26 08. Timing, Spacing & Easing – 3:40 09. Squash & Stretch – 4:11 10. Arcs – 4:36 11. Primary & Secondary Action – 4:47 12. Silhouette – 5:11 13. Line of Action & Reversals – 5:24 14. Anticipation, Overshoot & Settle – 5:54 15. Opposing Action – 6:21 16. Counterpose – 6:32 17. Leading Action – 6:56 18. Breaking Joints – 7:18 19. Overlap & Follow Through – 7:34 20. Accents – 8:00 21. Exaggeration – 8:24 Outro & Links – 9:16
I’ve made this movie because I need something a little more exhaustive than the Disney ’12 Principles‘.
As my library of animation tutorials has expanded it’s been necessary to re-structure and expand the principles into my own list of 21 ‚Foundations‘.
Keep using the 12 if it suits you, but as a teaching device I find the 21 to be far more comprehensive. Read the full essay (link above) for more detail. I’m also going to create individual movies covering each of the 21 foundations, with links to my Lynda/Linkedin-Learning courses, so that a student can focus on each foundation more efficiently.