anticipation

the purpose of this project was to show anticipation, usually through a short pause in movement before a jump or another action kind of movement. tom and jerry videos are a good example which show anticipation well, in the video below at 0:13 the cat raises the machete high in the air with a short pause to allow people to register what he is doing.

I made a quick story board to plan out what I was doing

I have tried to show anticipation through bending the knees and putting the arms out for balance. I think it would have looked better had I gone with some more like tom and jerry and had one of the characters raise some mallet high up and then pause as I have not really used a pause in this video. Although I do think the viewer knows what is going to happen next just before he is about to a backflip due to their position. one thing I could have improved on this was the knees of the man jumping, in the animation below he keeps his knees straight which makes it look unrealistic. I could have also added more images in to the actual jump to make if flow better.