ANIMATION PRINCIPLES - SCENE ANALYSIS #5

The scene I'm analysing in this post is the Steamed Hams scene from the Simpsons episode 22 Short Films about Springfield. 

(Steamed Hams has become more popular in the past year due to memes and internet culture - credit: 20th Century Fox)

SECONDARY ACTION
We see a lot of secondary action from Skinner, especially in his arm movements. He talks a lot with his hands, and often gestures to things when trying to illustrate a point. One example is when offering Superintendent Chalmers to join him in some "isometric exercise", he swings his arm across his body. He also turns his head slightly, in juxtaposition with his arm movement.

SQUASH AND STRETCH
Squash and stretch is mostly used on characters for sudden changes in emotion; in the case of the Steamed Hams clip, we see this from Superintendent Chalmers. He walks in to see Skinner climbing out the window, and goes from surprised to suspicious. As his facial expression changes, it squashes up tall and thin, before relaxing back down.

ANTICIPATION
The movements in this scene are quite small, and so the anticipation for them are very small. There is one notable exception that stood out to me, which was for one of Skinner's biggest movements. He decides to climb out the window, which has it's lowest climbable surface at hip height. Skinner depresses his body downwards, mostly through the legs, in order to bounce back upwards and start making his way out the window.