12 Principles of Animation Dear Basketball

The animated short above is called “Dear Basketball” it was written by Kolbe Bryant and directed by Glen Keane. After you watch this short I would like you pick one of the 12 Principles of Animation from below and write how the director used that principle to tell the story about Kolbe Bryants love of basketball.

12 Principles of Animation

1. Squash and stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight-ahead and pose-to-pose
5. Follow through and overlapping action
6. Slow in and slow out
7. Arc
8. Secondary Action
9. Timing
10. Exaggeration
11. Solid Drawing
12. Appeal

Discussion

• Please write 5-7 sentences talking about how the director used one of the 12 Principles of Animation to tell the story.