Bored

Bored: the weight sinks onto one hip, the head drops into a hand and turns to look away, and a long breath out lets the chest sag, again and again.

Use it in a cartoon Change it in the move maker The pack file (JSON)

What it is for

Bored is for the long wait: a queue, a lesson that goes on, someone else talking too much. It loops every 3.2 seconds and hardly moves, so it sits behind the action of a scene and makes a point without stealing it.

The principle it shows: timing

Everything is slow: a breath in over 1.2 seconds, a breath out over 1.2, a settle over 0.8, and the head turning only 8 degrees in all that time. The slowness is the feeling. The same pose with the same changes made twice as fast would look restless, not bored.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  forever:
    at the same time:
      — 1:
        glide right arm 40, part:arm:1~out -10, part:arm:1~twist -50 over 0 s
      — 2:
        glide right forearm 140 over 0 s
      — 3:
        glide part:hand:1~fist 0, part:hand:1~wrap 0, part:hand:1~point 0, part:hand:1~thumb 0 over 0 s
      — 4:
        glide head 4, part:head~twist -18, part:head~tilt 12 over 0 s
        glide head 0, part:head~twist -14, part:head~tilt 10 over 1.2 s (inout)
        glide head 6, part:head~twist -22, part:head~tilt 13 over 1.2 s (inout)
        glide head 4, part:head~twist -18, part:head~tilt 12 over 0.8 s (inout)
      — 5:
        glide part:hips~tilt 5 over 0 s
      — 6:
        glide torso segment 1 6 over 0 s
        glide torso segment 1 -3 over 1.2 s (inout)
        glide torso segment 1 10 over 1.2 s (inout)
        glide torso segment 1 6 over 0.8 s (inout)
      — 7:
        glide dy 6.25 over 0 s
        glide dy 9.375 over 2.4 s (inout)
        glide dy 6.25 over 0.8 s (inout)
      — 8:
        glide part:root~side 3 over 0 s
        glide part:root~side 3 over 2.4 s (inout)
        glide part:root~side 3 over 0.8 s (inout)

0 s — right arm 40 out -10 twist -50, right forearm 140, right hand open, head 4 twist -18 tilt 12, hips tilt 5, chest 6, the body up -2, the body side 3.
1.2 s — chest -3, head 0 twist -14 tilt 10.
2.4 s — chest 10, head 6 twist -22 tilt 13, the body up -3, the body side 3.
3.2 s — chest 6, head 4 twist -18 tilt 12, the body up -2, the body side 3.

Try this

Turn the head 40 degrees away at the bottom of the sigh instead of 22: staring out of the window.
In the program: ramp · to.part:head~twist -22 → -40
Let the chest sag 20 degrees on the breath out instead of 10: utterly fed up.
In the program: ramp · to.part:torso#1 10 → 20

How it differs from Fidget and Think

Fidget is bored that cannot keep still. Think puts the hand to the chin to work something out, the head up rather than resting.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	whole body, body, head, arms
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	whole body, body, head, front legs, back legs, tail, ears

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