ABSTRACT
With fast action anticipation is very important indeed. The character prepares for the action he is about to do so that the audience is ready for the quick movement when it comes, and so can follow it even though it may be very rapid. In an extreme case, for example where a character zips off screen, the
anticipation alone is suffi cient and it is possible to miss out the zip altogether or perhaps dissolve it into a puff of smoke or ‘ whizz ’ lines (see page 113) . Modern digital techniques enable the artist to add a motion blur in between fast key poses, imitating the eye’s inability to see fast actions as anything but a blur.
