Study Task 11 - Follow Through and Overlapping Action

In this task we animated boxes to exhibit our understanding of follow through and overlapping action, which is basically where different parts of an object (or objects that are in contact with each other like these boxes) will move at different times or different rates (overlap) and continue to move when one part (or object) has stopped moving due to inertia (follow through).

I chose to demonstrate this as an animated magic trick (because what's more magical than animation?) with the weight of the boxes decreasing from bottom to top. I figured the largest box would be something heavy like metal or heavy wood, the middle box wooden, and the top box cardboard.

Magic Boxes

What worked well:

• The overlapping shown by the delay in the higher up boxes when they start to move
• The follow through in the higher boxes shifting forward and falling over.

What could be improved:

• Possibly showing contents of boxes by having one of the boxes open when it falls.