Kinetic Verb Research

Tuesday 25th November 2014
After having caught up on the kinetic verb brief, I am currently researching into a word that I think will be effective.

SPRING

The word spring I decided would be a good word to explore, the first build up of the word coiling back down to the ground and then springing upwards with both energy and tension. 

One of the first things I thought about when thinking about the energy of a bounce a spring makes is how these characteristics are applied to characters in a hyperbolic cartoon environment. The first instance of this became evident when I realised the character's connection to the word and an alternate outcome compared to the realism of kinetic physics. The character in question is 'Winnie the Pooh's Tigger, an energetic tiger character that springs up and down on its tail to travel, I found this interesting in the research of the word to see how different animators approach the characteristics of bouncing and springing.
Primary Research

'JUMP'

An additional idea was the idea for the word 'JUMP' with similar aspects of movement, but with less complex forms of behaviour, perhaps a better attempt for animating on the new software. I have learnt that the software itself can be challenging for new comers with complex words, so perhaps a research into this word itself will be more beneficial.
In first instances with jump I think of what does jump, primarily people, athletes, children etc, as well as some animalistic behaviour of jumping such as penguins and kangaroos etc. Obvious aspects have to be considered in order for this word to work out well, one of which is the aspect of weight, shape and size to be considered for the physics behind the animation. For example, a human's size and weight would be extremely impacting on the length and height of the jump. The same considerations I will have to make for this word, how high will it manage to get to? How can we further generate a hyperbolic sense without taking away the realism of the jump? Maybe an aspect of 'Squash & Stretch' could be used within the animation to produce an effect. I'm imagining the word crouching down with use of 'Anticipation' and then held for a few seconds, and then eventually built up into the full jump and then fall back down.