Chris Webster is an animator who has worked for twenty years in the industry and has extensive experience as an educator teaching across a broad range of levels from schools, higher education and professional training programmes and within the studio environment. He is currently Head of Animation at the Bristol School of Animation and the University of the West of England.

• IntroductionWhy analyse action? The value of action analysis to animators. Sports science, anatomical study.The Study of MotionNaturalistic action, abstract action,Pioneers of Motion Analysis - Muybridge, Marrey,Animation Based Analysis ? George Lutz, Fleisher Brothers, Disney Studios, Walt StanchfieldDynamics and Laws of MotionNewtonian laws of motion, Laban system of movement.Animation PrinciplesWebster's Four ?A's of Animation. Animation Timing, Overlapping Action, Follow Through, Drag, Balance and Weight, Arcs, AnticipationFigures in MotionAnatomy, Walks, Runs, Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, Throwing, Jumping, Character Interaction, Dance and choreography, Movement under Loads, Movement and the environment, Children in Motion, Adults in Motion, Movement in the Elderly,AssignmentsAnimals in MotionQuadrupeds ? Cats, Dogs, Horses, Cows, OthersAnatomy, Walk, Run, Trot, Canter, Gallop, Jumping, Hauling loads, Group ActionBirds ? Song birds, Pigeon type birds, Swans, Waders, Hummingbirds, Raptors, OthersAnatomy, Principles of flight, Types of Flight, Take Off, Landing, Hovering, Flocking.Fish ? Bony Fish, Rays, Eels, OthersAnatomy, Modes of swimming, Types of Swimming, ShoalingAssignmentsNone Organic ActionClothing and costumes, Water, Wind, Fire, OthersCapturing ActionDrawing from Life - Anatomy, Construction, Materials, Mark Making, SketchbooksPhotographing Action - Cameras, Exposure, Technical IssuesFilming Action ? Cameras, Film speeds, Technical Issues, Creating moviesMotion Capture ? Automated systems for the capture and analysis of movement.Methodologies for AnalysisStaging actions, Analysis of Timing, Choreography, Analysis of Performance, Motion capture, Reading a sequence, Rotoscoping,Reference and ResearchSources, Creating a Reference Library