For my analysis I decided to analyse "Jinky Jenkins
& Lucky Lou" from 0:14 to 0:30
The animation uses strong silhouettes as well as subtleties. underneath are some of the key poses in the animation.
At 0:14 the guy walks out of his house in a depressed and
negative state of emotion this can be shown by his slumped shoulders, and bent
over torso, his facial expression is squashed and his eyebrows are curved down. The way
he walks out is fast but the gestures show his lack of confidence showing
weaker poses. His body language also looks more uncomfortable and restrained as
well as a high power center located in his back and shoulders which also
indicate his emotion of sadness.
The sign 13 representing bad luck hits him on the head
staging the concept of his unlucky personality. The weather also takes a
dramatic change to rain exaggerating his unlucky nature. He then grips his
fists in as he closes his eyes showing frustration. The way his head looks up
and eyes dart up to the right show he is thinking about the change in weather
looking hopeless. He then rests his torso and hands down showing despair and
sadness. He then walks back into his house in defeat of his inner conflict of
bad luck and depression.
At 0:20 the girl walks out of the house in contrast with the
guy going in it is well timed. She anticipates the rain with her leg out
showing preparation for the conflict; however as she jumps and raises her hand
out thrusting her body upwards, she shows a positive hopeful gesture to feel
the rain with her hands. She is engaged in her action very clearly through a
strong stretched silhouette pose.
However it then deliberately stops leaving her in a state of slight
disappointment as she slowly lays her arms by her side and looks up. She then
lowers her head showing she feels just as bad as the guy. She has too much
luck. There are no surprises; life for
her feels perfect but bland. She then walks down casually with her arms behind
hands touching showing psychologically she isn't really happy with her life as
well.
The staging of the guy coming out with an umbrella first not
showing himself, this shows insecurity and fear of his bad luck. As he raises
his hand out the door first opening the umbrella is a subtler story beat it
shows how cautious he tries to be to stop his luck getting even worse.
This scene would not work if it wasn't for the story beat at
0:16 where he opens the door quicker first gets hit with bad luck shows his
discomfort because he walks out slower this time, this does not just show that
he is aware of the situation but also that he is nervous about it. followed by
a slow not eager walk out the door.
One of the pose that shows the best staging in my opinion would be when the guy is wondering where the rain has gone showing the girls presence in effecting the other character. (look above)
The use of lighting as he shows his reaction shows false sense of hope before he is picked up by the wind. First he slowly reacts to the sun puts his hand out realizing it has stopped raining. his eyebrows are raised in hope and for the first time he shows a more open posture. The look on his face still shows he is sad but he is curious how it stopped raining and is glad.
I feel there aren't any poses that you could remove, the timing and pacing of the animation anticipates the story
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