From the course: Animation Foundations: Fundamentals
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Staging
Staging is how animation is presented to the audience. It is a very important concept in animation but probably one of the most general. Remember when you create animation your screen is your stage. You need to stage your motions on the screen so that everything is clear to the audience. A bouncing ball for example needs to be staged so that the audience can see the motion. If we angle the camera improperly, the story does not get told. In addition to camera angle the actual arrangement of objects on a stage can help tell a story. A lot of this is rooted in design theory as well as Basic Filmmaking. The arrangement of objects on the screen can have an effect on the audience. The object that is most important for example may be surrounded by other objects or set off in the composition. A close up of something will have a different feel than something that is staged far away. Another important thing to consider is where your objects will be moving on the screen. You need to give your…
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