For my final scene analysis, I'm going to look at a scene from the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV series.
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(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command remains as Pixar's only venture into television series - credit: Pixar Animation Studios)
EXAGGERATION
We mostly see exaggeration from Buzz in this clip, especially after getting knocked back by Zurg. He hits his back against a wall, causing him to fall forwards, hit the ground, and bounce back up only to fall down a pit. In the brief moments between bouncing back up and falling down the pit, we see Buzz's face is pushed to an extreme, making a silly expression to show how disoriented the hits made him. This exaggerated look also works on the basis that this isn't a face Buzz would normally make; he's fairly stoic, and only smiles when genuinely proud or when smug.
EASE IN / EASE OUT
Ease in and out can be seen during the fight between Buzz and Zurg, as they strike each other's weapons. The weapons, meant to homage Star Wars' lightsabers, require the characters to swing them about like a sword. The effort the characters have to put into each swing can be seen by how they draw it slightly outwards before making the major movements, and then slowing down again. The tail-ends of each swing aren't too slow, suggesting the beams they're fighting with aren't too heavy; about as heavy as a plastic pipe.
SQUASH AND STRETCH + SECONDARY ACTION
When Buzz hits the floor, we see his body squash and stretch from the impact. When hitting the ground, he becomes flatter, with his body stretching outwards and pushing downwards. He only squashes this one way, and doesn't have the inverse (inwards stretch, upwards pull) happen to oppose to this. A secondary action can also be seen with his arms, as they flop around in response to his body's hitting the ground. Unlike Buzz's body, the arms do go upwards towards the end of the squash and stretch.
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