12 principles of Animation:

1. Squash and stretch(when object drop, there is rolling, squishing that is involved)
2. Anticipation(some warmup before motion, more human expression)
3. Staging(where the focus is, no too much stuffs, minimal)

• Straight ahead technique: more natural, character starts off really big and the scale changes
• Pose to pose technique: takes 16 steps to get to that destination, useful to predict how the character is going

1. Flow through and Overlap

nothing stops while it moves

1. Slows ins and slow outs
2. Arcs: people move in arcs, only robots walk in lines
3. Secondary Action: adds emotion to increase the characters
4. Time: repeat shots to slow down the scene
5. Exaggeration
6. Solid Drawing
7. Appeal

PES stop motion animator