Acting and Performance for Animation

Chapter 6

Making a Performance

So far, we have looked at what we might call the frame to a performance and the principles that underlie its creation. In this chapter, we will get down to looking at the physical components of a performance, the way that such things as body language, and the effort that goes into any kind of movement, can create the impression of a thinking, autonomous character, a character that seems to have a life of its own.

We will look at what human beings actually do when they interact with other humans and how they use their bodies in different situations, both mundane and extreme, not because we think that you will always be animating human characters, you probably won’t be, but because human behavior is behind most ...