Anticipation
Anticipation is a small preparatory action that signals a main movement is about to happen. For example, a character winding up their arm before landing a punch. This principle is important because it guides the audience’s attention and makes actions feel believable. Without anticipation, movements may look sudden and awkward, and the audience can be confused about what is happening.
Practicing anticipation helps understand the importance of small actions in storytelling, learn how to lead the viewer’s eye, and create more fluid and realistic movement.
However, The main difficulty is timing the anticipation correctly. Too short a preparation can make the movement abrupt, while too long can slow down the pacing of the animation.
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