KEYS-EXTREMES-BREAKDOWNS -INBETWEENS

Описание: From pages 57 - 67 in 'The Animator's Survival Kit', by Richard Williams (see the book for a fuller explanation)

In this section of the book, he defines the process of working from KEYS (the main 'storytelling' poses) to EXTREMES (secondary Key poses) to BREAKDOWNS (the main positions that transitions between the Keys/Extremes) and finally the INBETWEENS (including straight-ahead passes to add secondary animation on things like the character's hair , clothing, props).

He gives the example of a man entering a room, picking up a piece of chalk on the floor , and then writing on the chalk board. Before you can do any animation of this action you have to establish the KEY poses, those poses that define the action. Every scene you animate can have a "story" . The Story here is: "a man enters a room, picks up a piece of chalk from the floor, and then proceeds to write on the chalkboard" ... admittedly this is not a big story, perhaps not even a complete story , in terms of a whole film, but for the purposes of this scene that is the "story" the animator needs to get across to the viewer. The animator can't tell this "story" without first establishing those three main KEY POSES that are shown. Then the animator fleshes out the animation with the EXTREMES , further refining it with the BREAKDOWNS and INBETWEENS.

Alex Williams (son of Richard) goes over this material in this video:    • Keys, Extremes, Breakdowns and In-betweens