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Case 03 of 18 · The Crash-Test Family

The Physical

Can cartoon gags be written as joint motions and audited?

Bola reports for a physical: 47 cartoon proofs in six acts, with the joints each proof drives audited underneath.

31 sheets · Oct 16 17:00 to Oct 16 17:11

How it was made

Write each gag as a proof: what the body does and which joints carry it.
Render each proof and print a frame strip.
Audit which joints actually moved in each proof against the ones the gag claimed.

What this case teaches

A gag is a list of joints in an order. Writing it that way shows which gags are really the same gag.
The audit catches proofs that look busy but move nothing new.
This is the first case with a named character, so the body now has a size and a manner to keep consistent.

How it differs. The range test pushed joints to their limits. The Physical asks what those joints are for in a scene.

First sheet and last sheet

Where the stage started and where it finished.

Proof 1, frame 40 — Proof 1, frame 40Oct 16 17:00

Test frames — Test framesOct 16 17:11

The sheets, step by step

Grouped by working session. Click any sheet to view it full size; use the arrow keys to move through them.

Step 1Proof and Frame stripOct 16 17:00–17:02 · 14 sheets

Proof 1, frame 40 — Proof 1, frame 40Oct 16 17:00

Proof 3, frame 68 — Proof 3, frame 68Oct 16 17:00

Proof 4, frame 24 — Proof 4, frame 24Oct 16 17:00

Proof 13, frame 44 — Proof 13, frame 44Oct 16 17:00

Show 10 more from this step

Proof 6, frame 46 — Proof 6, frame 46Oct 16 17:01

Proof 7, frame 24 — Proof 7, frame 24Oct 16 17:01

Proof 2, frame 62 — Proof 2, frame 62Oct 16 17:01

Proof 19, frame 32 — Proof 19, frame 32Oct 16 17:01

Proof 22, frame 90 — Proof 22, frame 90Oct 16 17:01

Proof 25, frame 40 — Proof 25, frame 40Oct 16 17:01

Proof 6, frame 30 — Proof 6, frame 30Oct 16 17:02

Proof 6, frame 40 — Proof 6, frame 40Oct 16 17:02

Proof 6, frame 62 — Proof 6, frame 62Oct 16 17:02

Frame strip, proof 6 — Frame strip, proof 6Oct 16 17:02

Step 2Frame strip and Contact sheetOct 16 17:02–17:05 · 14 sheets

Contact sheet, every 45th frame — Contact sheet, every 45th frameOct 16 17:02

Contact sheet, every 75th frame — Contact sheet, every 75th frameOct 16 17:02

Page check, top — Page check, topOct 16 17:03

Page check, audit — Page check, auditOct 16 17:03

Show 10 more from this step

Page check, mob — Page check, mobOct 16 17:03

Contact sheet, every 50th frame — Contact sheet, every 50th frameOct 16 17:04

Proof 15, frame 60 — Proof 15, frame 60Oct 16 17:04

Proof 16, frame 48 — Proof 16, frame 48Oct 16 17:04

Proof 27, frame 100 — Proof 27, frame 100Oct 16 17:04

ph page — ph pageOct 16 17:04

Frame strip, proof 27 — Frame strip, proof 27Oct 16 17:05

Frame strip, proof 31 — Frame strip, proof 31Oct 16 17:05

Frame strip, proof 8 — Frame strip, proof 8Oct 16 17:05

Frame strip, proof 21 — Frame strip, proof 21Oct 16 17:05

Step 3Test frames and Frame stripOct 16 17:05–17:11 · 3 sheets

Test frames — Test framesOct 16 17:05

Frame strip, proof 10 — Frame strip, proof 10Oct 16 17:05

Test frames — Test framesOct 16 17:11

What came out of it

OpenInteractive runs in your browserThe PhysicalStep through 47 proofs and see which joints each one drives

FAM-02 3:27The PhysicalBola reports for a physical and every test goes wrong in a cartoon way: 47 proofs in six acts that one skeleton can walk, reach, lift, slip, sulk and swoon.

Carried forward

Bola is fixed as a character, and the family is built around her next.