12 Principles of Animation examples

1. Squash and Stretch: 3:02; Mufasa’s face stretches a bit to emphasize his emotion of anger toward Scar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdozf_vWxM
2. Anticipation: 2:40; Zazu’s movement adds to his action of him disapproving of Nala and Simba’s behavior. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdozf_vWxM
3. Staging: 1:49; Zazu’s head turn allows the audience to put their attention on the characters behind him poking fun at him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdozf_vWxM
4. Straight Ahead and Pose: The first picture presents the main poses of the character that allow better movement of him for completing in between frames. The second picture is animating on the go that helps the animation of fire look more like actual fire.

2. Follow Through and Overlapping Action: 3:00; Scar’s tail follows the movement of his body as he turns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdozf_vWxM
3. Slow in and Slow Out: 0:18; Judy’s head and body movement emphasize her sincerity and desperation to find where Nick is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaYgQozVt0g
4. Arc: Tom’s movement in the house adds to his expression/emotion to him as a character in that moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXzXLn0yXSo
5. Secondary movement: 1:39; The dust cloud forming around Pumba when he lands emphasizes his stinky nature and how heavy he is to add definition to his character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdozf_vWxM
6. Timing: 1:00; The slow and smoothness of the frames exaggerate Flint’s disbelief at the sight of raining burgers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVsptoMsKE
7. Exaggeration: 1:19; The female character’s exaggerated scream emphasizes her desire for the wolf to leave her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQzGNNvFIE
8. Solid Drawing: The picture of Happy demonstrates how his character looks 3-Dimensional

1. Appeal: 0:05; The shape of the woman character defines how she is feminine, attractive, and appealing to look at. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQzGNNvFIE

**sorry it’s numbered weird, I don’t know how to fix it and it just appeared that way when I began pasting photos.