Animator’s Survival Kit
History of the chart and inbetween
THE EXTREEMS AND THE INBETWEENS
EXTREME INBETWEEN EXTREME
1 5
2 3 4
ARC OF ACTION
ALSO CALLED:
- ‘BREAKDOWN’
DRAWING
- ‘PASSING POSITION’
BETWEEN TWO
EXTREMES
EXTREME 1 5 EXTREME
3
, ARC OF ACTION
EXTREME EXTREME
1 BREAKDOWN 5
INBETWEEN PASSING POSITION INBETWEEN
2 3 4
TO ADD SLOW EFFECTS:
YOU CAN CREATE A SLOW EFFECT
BY ADDING MORE INBETWEENS
TERMINOLOGY:
- SLOW OUT / EASE OUT 1 7
- SLOW IN / EASE IN 2 6
3 4 5
THE SLOWER YOU WANT YOUR SLO
ANIMATION, THE MORE EA W O N
SE U WI
INBETWEENS YOU ADD OU T SLO E IN
T EAS
KEN HARRIS CALLED IT 1 7
‘CUSHIONING’ 2 3 4 5 6
‘Animation has to have change of shape’ - Eric Larson
History of the chart and inbetween
THE EXTREEMS AND THE INBETWEENS
EXTREME INBETWEEN EXTREME
1 5
2 3 4
ARC OF ACTION
ALSO CALLED:
- ‘BREAKDOWN’
DRAWING
- ‘PASSING POSITION’
BETWEEN TWO
EXTREMES
EXTREME 1 5 EXTREME
3
, ARC OF ACTION
EXTREME EXTREME
1 BREAKDOWN 5
INBETWEEN PASSING POSITION INBETWEEN
2 3 4
TO ADD SLOW EFFECTS:
YOU CAN CREATE A SLOW EFFECT
BY ADDING MORE INBETWEENS
TERMINOLOGY:
- SLOW OUT / EASE OUT 1 7
- SLOW IN / EASE IN 2 6
3 4 5
THE SLOWER YOU WANT YOUR SLO
ANIMATION, THE MORE EA W O N
SE U WI
INBETWEENS YOU ADD OU T SLO E IN
T EAS
KEN HARRIS CALLED IT 1 7
‘CUSHIONING’ 2 3 4 5 6
‘Animation has to have change of shape’ - Eric Larson
