Follow Through & Overlapping Action

Example 1: Kubo and the two Strings, 1:30-2:02

In this scene, we can see the origami figures help to tell the story. When the female figure takes out her sword, you can see the cloth on her dress slowly drift back after the action has been completed; this is overlapping action. Some of the movements from the figures are quite sudden, but there is a bit of a follow through. Instead of them going from pose to pose, there is a small pulse before they go into the next action. An example of this is when the leaf folds into the samurai figure and slightly pulses up and down, as well as some easing as it slowly raises its head up along with some other body parts.

Example 2: Inspector Cabenela, 0:24-0:39

This example is from a game called Ghost Trick. Inspector Cabenela, the character in white, has a lot of overlapping action in this scene. You can see his scarf overlap over his coat while he's dancing and walking about, as well as his coat overlapping the rest of his outfit. When he comes to a stop when he reaches the end of the staircase, there is a follow through with his scarf and coat. They don't stop as he stops, but instead slowly fall back into place a few seconds after he comes to a stop.

Example 3: Olive the Other Reindeer, 1:56-2:26

In this scene we can see Olive's ears bounce while she walks or is making an exaggerated movement. When she comes to a stop when she's in front of Martini (the penguin), there's a bounce before she fully stops.