Nov 29, 2022
Poke-Principle of Animation 08: Staging. Though more the domain of storyboard artists, staging is still important to consider when animating! Staging is what the camera is seeing, where characters are placed in space, and what the audience is paying attention to. Subtle facial animation will be lost on the audience in extreme wide shots where the characters heads are only a few pixels tall, and extreme character movement feels jarring in a close up. Always consider what you want the audience to be paying attention to in any given shot.
