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146 FAST ACTION - IMPACT - SPEEED  
START
SPEED ACTION CHART
GO PAST OBJECTIVE
BACK TO ANTICIPATION
STRETCH SHAPE
- MULTIPLE-IMAGE - BLUR
BACK TO OBJECTIVE

IN FAST ACTION AS ABOVE, THE CHARACTER STRETCHES, GOES INTO A BLUR EFFECT, DISAFFEARS FOR A FRAME, AND THEN REAPPEARS AT THE OBJECTIVE. MULTIPLE IMAGES CAN SPEED THE ACTION.

THE ANIMATED BLUR REPLACES LEG ACTION IN A THREE OR FOUR DRAWING TWIRL, AS SHOWN. CHARACTERS EXPLODE FROM ANTICIPATION OUT OF SCENE WITH ANIMATED SPEED LINES, AS SHOWN BELOW. AS SHOWN IN THE ELF (BELOW), MULTIPLE IMAGES OF A FAST-MOVING HAND (OR LEG) CARRY THE ILLUSION OF THE MOVEMENT BETTER. THUS, A FAST-MOVING LEG OR ARM PASSING THE BODY IS AN IMAGE ON EACH SIDE.

SPEED EFFECTS - CLOUDS OF DUST AND/OR SMOKE ARE STIRRED UP BY THE SPEED OF THE BULL CHASE. SPEED-LINE BLUR EFFECTS OFTEN FOLLOW, INCLUDING FRAGMENTS OF DOUBLE IMAGES. AS SUCH SPEED GOES THROUGH A QUIET, STILL BACKGROUND, THE GRASS AND TREES ARE SUCKED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PASSING TORNADO. THESE SPECIAL EFFECTS INVOLVE ANIMATED BACKGROUNDS.
IMPACT, AS SPEED IS ABRUPTLY HALTED, ENHANCES THE IMPRESSION. AS SHOWN IN THE STORYBOARD (BELOW), THE BULL COLLIDES WITH THE TREE ON A FASTMOVING PAN. NOTICE THAT THE IMPACT KNOCKS THE FAN AND TREE BACKWARD, THEN INTO A FORWARD AND BACK RECOVERY, AND THEN INTO A STOP. ALTERNATELY, THE PAN ACTION CAN BE ENLARGED TO A STAGGER / JITTER ACTION, OR THE BULL CAN GO INTO A STAGGER ACTION AFTER THE IMPACT.

VERTICAL IMPACT - AFTER A FAST FALL, THE IMPACT WITH THE EARTH IS USUALLY HANDLED WITH A VIOLENT, VERTICAL STAGGER / JITTER OF THE BACKGROUND. HOWEVER, CLASSIC IMPACTS IN GREAT CARTOONS HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED ANIMATED REPERCUSSION EFFECTS IN THE BACKGFOUND - FOR EXAMPLE, DISTANT ROCKS RISING AND FALLING FROM THE SHOCK WAVES. OTHER GREAT IMPACTS HAVE CREATED ANIMATED CRATERS AND SMOKE.

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