1. Appeal in drawing - Are the animations something that an audience would like looking at?
2. Staging - Are the characters placed on a stage according to depth and their appearance?
3. Most interesting way? (Why would anyone other than your mother like to see it?) - Are the characters drawn with the most interesting attributes to them? i.e. big round eyes, nice bodies.
4. Is it the most entertaining way? - Are the characters drawn to be as entertaining to the audience as possible?
5. Are you in character? Have you drawn the character in model of yourself. The book states Fred drew Dopey has a reflection of himself; innocent, but with a touch of mischief; naive, but with just enough worldliness.
6. Are you advancing the character? - Are you having the character grow or mature mentally and/or physically.
7. Is this the simplest statement of the main idea of the scene? - Have you made the main idea of the scene easily understandable for the audience?
8. Is the story point clear? - Have you made the point of the story easy for the audience to understand?
9. Are the secondary actions working with the main action? - Are the secondary actions making sense with the main action and not drawing unwanted attention or drawing wanted attention?
10. Is the presentation best for the medium? - Is the presentation conveying the message of the story in the best way?
11. Does it have 2 dimensional clarity? - Are the characters 2 dimensional features such as the face clearly defined?
12. Does it have 3 dimensional solidity? - Are the characters presented with good 3 dimensional characteristics?
13. Does it have 4 dimensional drawing? (Drag and follow through) - Do the characters features such as hair and body parts keep moving the way they are supposed to even when a character stops?
14. Are you trying to do something that shouldn't be attempted? (Like trying to show the top of Mickey's head) - Have you made sure to not show a character in a way they are not meant to be seen? Different points of view of the character.
The last 12 points of animation are
1. Inner feelings and emotion - Do the characters display emotions and convey to the audience their inner feelings?
2. Acting with clear and definite action - Is it clear to the audience what the characters are doing or trying to do?
3. Character and personality - Do the characters have a clear, definite and consistent personality?
4. Thought process through expression changes - Are the characters clearly conveying to the audience what they are thinking through the use of facial expressions.
5. Ability to analyze - Are the characters able to think through and correctly analyze a situation?
6. Clear staging - Are the characters correctly placed on a stage according to depth and their appearance?
7. Good composition - Does the layout of the picture make sense? Do the ingredients of the drawing fit in well with each other?
8. Timing - Do the drawings of each frame create the correct motion in between frames creating a smooth flow of the character that makes sense?
9. Solidity in drawing - Does a silhouette drawing determine what the pose is communicating?
10. Power in drawing - Do the drawings create images that are entertaining and appealing to the audience?
11. Strength in movement - Do the characters move smoothly and create a sense of how that character is feeling?
12. Imagination - Does the animation convey a strong imagination from the illustrator?
The following video of a scene in Pinocchio I feel displays most if not all of these characteristics. I felt that the Italian was drawn with a correct stereotype of all Italian's being overweight, talking with their hands, doing anything possible to make money and even having a fiery temper. I also felt all the puppets in the scene have great movement of a typical puppet and even having Pinocchio having slightly more human like movements but not enough to look humanistic since he is essentially in the middle of being just a wooden puppet and being a real boy.
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