- Modules
- Animation Principles
- Activity 4: Observation and Timing
Activity 4: Observation and Timing
T-PRIN-004-015
Observation is key to good animation timing. Observe the people and things around you, and notice how they move. Practice your sense of observation and visualization to improve your sense of timing.
While observing moving things and people, look for these concepts:
- Ease-in
- Ease-out
- Anticipation
With a teammate, use a stopwatch to observe and time the following actions:
- Jump in place: ________________________
- A long jump: ________________________
- One walking step: ________________________
- Four running steps: ________________________
- The first bounce of a dropped basketball: ________________________
- The first bounce of a dropped tennis ball: ________________________
- Making a complete circle with your arm: ________________________
- Standing up on a chair: ________________________
- Sitting on a chair: ________________________
- Choose your own action: ________________________
- And another action: _______________________
- And another action: ________________________
Time Estimated 10 mins
Difficulty Level Beginner
Topics List
- Introduction to Animation Principles
- Squash and Stretch Principle
- Timing Principle
- Anticipation Principle
- Straight Ahead and Pose-to-Pose Principle
- Follow Through Principle
- Arcs of Rotation Principle
- Slow-in and Slow-out Principle
- Secondary Action Principle
- Exaggeration Principle
- Solidity Principle
- Activity 1: Experimenting with Space and Time
- Activity 2: Drawing a Pendulum
- Activity 3: Animating the Playground (Optional)
- Activity 4: Observation and Timing
- Activity 5: Drawing a Bouncing Basket Ball and Bowling Ball
- Activity 6: Animating a Bouncing Ball with a Tail