Logic: simulate animations to be more real, based on sound animation
principles.
The “old men of animation” established the
12
principles of animation when working for the Disney studios. While not all
of the principles are fully supported by Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (or 2007, or
2013), there is
much that we can learn that will improve our presentations.
Real objects are real! That is, they have dimensions, are composed of matter
and the real world can interct with them. For example, if you were to drop the
tennis ball, the ball would fall, accelerating, hit the ground and bounce.
Anticipation is such a well used feature in cinema that we almost may not
realise it's actually there.
Ever notice that when someone is seen looking at something, it's not long
before they have company doing the same thing?
We can use this to our advantage.
Technique 1- sound
In the first part off the following example, we hear the sound which gives us
a clue as to what is going to happen next.
Technique 2- graphics
In the second part of the following example, we see what I call a partial
reveal-that is your audience make not fully know what is happening until the end
of the slide.
