Timing for Animation, 40th Anniversary Edition, 3rd Edition
by Harold Whitaker, Tom Sito, John Halas
Accentuating a Movement
In order to emphasize a movement, the introduction of a visual effect is sometimes advisable. Such an effect does help to draw attention to the point the animator intends to make, especially if the movement is a quick one. The effect, however, must be a visual complement to the movement and should grow out of the type of action on the screen. It should also be quick and not labored, which could easily spoil the whole effect.
In the case of the fight sequence between the farmers and the animals in revolt in Animal Farm such extra effects were introduced to heighten the sequence’s dramatic excitement.
The farmer’s whipcrack, for example, was a sequence of eight drawings on single frames. At the accent of the movement, which ...
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