I have been thinking about showing a thought process, as this reveals how that character is feeling.. (this is written in the Illusion of Life page 507.. things to remember when animation emotions!) and I came across a website
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'Tricks to animating characters with a computer' by John Lasseter... In this he talks about various principles of animation in his own way and he used the luxo lamp shorts as examples for a lot of his points. Looking at this Luxo lamp short you can tell how the lamp is feeling excited..and you can see when he is sad.. but im trying to think if the lamp has a thought process ( or if you can see it ??) Can you tell what the lamp is feeling through its thought process? For example he is bouncing on the ball and then it pops and you can see he goes from being excited to sad.. So is this showing a thought process.. or is it just showing a reaction to an event?.. Is the reaction a thought process because you go from a normal state of mind to another..
Here is a quote from the website...
"All the movements and actions of a character are the result of its thought process. In creating a "thinking character," the animator gives life to the character by connecting its actions with a thought process."
In this short, the emotion of the baby lamp is being portrayed through the motion alone.
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