Analysis of Wolf by SIAMÉS
This animated music video is filled with the 12 fundamentals of animation. It has a simple black and white sketchy style that is filled with rapid action shots that move from one place to another, following character movements through out.
One good example would be the motion of the wolf’s body as the impact of the skateboard moves through it’s body. I has a kind of liquid motion to it, like when you watch a water ballon hit a face in slow motion, illustrating to the viewer that the wolf is not a normal wolf but something way more super natural. This could also be considered squashing and stretching but it’d be more follow through because the wolfs body is shown to act like water rather than being a solid object squishing.
The wolf also in the same scene leans back before jumping forward into a running sequence, an anticipation action that gives the wolf a more believable action rather than just suddenly running without actually preparing to do so. These frames before the jump also allow the viewer to see that wolf is taking a second to recover from the hit with the skateboard, and that it did have an actual impact on it.
In the last scene the animators use squash and stretch to allow their rapid running sequence look more real and believable between frames with squishes looking arms that are also blurred. This allows for the same amount of movement or even more movement with less frames between each action, creating the illusion of smooth movement.
