Breaking down movements

I came across this post talking about different breakdowns in animation, using examples from the Zootopia trailer, and another post about breakdowns in Mulan. Being aware of different ways to break down movements elevates your animation! Always try to prevent your animation from being simple pose to pose without dynamic movement.

Breakdowns in Zootopia:
http://www.timrudder.com/animationmentor/breakdowns-zootopia/
Breaking up movements in Mulan:
http://www.timrudder.com/animationmentor/breaking-up-movements/

The post shows examples of breaking up the animation like the one below, where the timing of the eyes and ears are different.
It also shows a way of not making hand animations too similar by making on of the hands lead the other.
The Mulan post is about breaking up movement using different timing for the hands and face respectively.

In short the posts has some great insights and I recommend checking it out!