Comparison Between'squash And Stretch '

Wells points out that in animated shows, characters, object, environments, even sounds, are exaggerated. For an example, Wells points at the accepted 1930s Disney style of animation. Specifically, the “squash and stretch” animation which over-emphasizes movement, highlighting the way that a body anticipates/reacts to movement. Today, “squash and stretch” is the generally accepted way to animate bodies, therefore, serving as an excellent example of the exaggeration of reality that is seen in animation to create a greater impression of realism.

This passage is relevant to my clip because of the sheer amount of different types of exaggeration shown. From the exaggeration of the characters designs, to the environment, sounds, movements of characters,

Vav becomes liquid, melting into a puddle at Ash’s and X-Rays feet. This is done to symbolize a common Western TV Trope, the “Lustful Melt”, which is when a character becomes so enamored with another that their whole body melts, becoming a pile of character colored goo. This movement contrasts with the rest of the clip since this particular movement appears to be drawn frame by frame, whereas the majority of the rest of the clip is tweening. Some other “principles of life” animation principles that are utilized in this clip are staging (Vav is in the middle of the frame, Ash and X-ray bookend him but barely move, which allows Vav to the center of attention), timing (Vav has more frames drawn at the beginning then in the middle, making him appear to be moving faster and smoother), pose-to-pose (when slowed down, it is clear that their exists 3 key animated moments and the rest of the clip is drawn to accommodate those key frames.), and finally follow-through (when Vav has become a puddle, a small drop of water flies back into the scene to finish the motion of Vav melting, allowing the other parts of the body to “catch up” to the main