The Blackwater Gospel
The Blackwater Gospel is a short animation telling the story of a town in fear of both their religion and of the personification of death itself.
STAGING:
This particular scene emphasizes the importance of the character and his powerful supernatural nature, one of the few times where putting the subject of focus in the center is a good idea.
This example is of how the “bad apple” of the town is staged to be the most important aspect in this scene, where he is clearly glad that the undertaker is about to arrive. The church is in the background as well, which he promptly turns and grins at to emphasis his glee that the undertaker is about to upset the control the priest has over the townsfolk.
ANTICIPATION:
This is where Bubba is about to ring the bell to call the townsfolk to sermon. You can see how the animator made the body of the character extend and stretch right before the pull down.
Another example is where this towns person is about to swing his weapon and he has to raise it and lean back in anticipation of his movement.
Secondary Motion:
With secondary motion, as the character moves his head the feather in his hat sways with the motion.
This example of Follow Through is very subtle. The priest is giving his sermon and he moves his head from right to left. While doing so you can see his chin follow the motion of the rest of his head, rather than it moving with it. It makes the movement feel much more natural and fluid. This could be follow through though, unsure as it is technically part of the character’s body though not through a large motion.
