Crouch down

Down to a small one's level: the knees bend deep and the body leans in, the head looking down and one hand reaching out low and open, as if to a dog or a cat, the other on the knee; it stays down.

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What it is for

Crouch down is for meeting someone small: patting a dog, talking to a cat, picking something up off the ground, looking at a flower. It stays down, so the next move can be a talk or a nod at that level.

The principle it shows: staging at the other's level

Getting down to a small character's height tells the audience that the small one matters. The head and the hand go toward it, so the eye follows them down to where the other character is.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the front view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide left leg 0, right leg 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg 30, right leg 30 over 0.3 s (in)
      glide left leg 64, right leg 64 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0 s
      glide left shin 60, right shin 60 over 0.3 s (in)
      glide left shin 128, right shin 128 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 3:
      glide left foot 0, right foot 0 over 0 s
      glide left foot 30, right foot 30 over 0.3 s (in)
      glide left foot 64, right foot 64 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 4:
      glide dy 0 over 0 s
      glide dy 36.5625 over 0.3 s (in)
      glide dy 152.8125 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 5:
      glide torso 0, part:torso~twist 0, part:torso~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide torso 10, part:torso~twist 0, part:torso~tilt 0 over 0.3 s (in)
      glide torso 30, part:torso~twist 0, part:torso~tilt 0 over 0.4 s (out)
    — 6:
      glide head 0, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide head 12, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0.7 s (out)
    — 7:
      glide right arm 0, part:arm:1~out 0, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right arm 85, part:arm:1~out 5, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0.8 s (out)
    — 8:
      glide right forearm 8, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right forearm 10, part:forearm:1~twist 70 over 0.8 s (out)
    — 9:
      glide part:hand:1~fist 0, part:hand:1~wrap 0, part:hand:1~point 0, part:hand:1~thumb 0 over 0 s
    — 10:
      glide left arm 0, part:arm:-1~out 0, part:arm:-1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide left arm 35, part:arm:-1~out 15, part:arm:-1~twist 0 over 0.8 s (out)
    — 11:
      glide left forearm 8, part:forearm:-1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 45, part:forearm:-1~twist 0 over 0.8 s (out)
  wait 1 s

• 0 s — legs 0, shins 0, feet 0, the body up 0, torso 0 twist 0 tilt 0, head 0 twist 0 tilt 0, right arm 0 out 0 twist 0, right forearm 8 twist 0, right hand open, left arm 0 out 0 twist 0, left forearm 8 twist 0.
• 0.3 s — legs 30, shins 60, feet 30, the body up -11.7, torso 10 twist 0 tilt 0.
• 0.7 s — legs 64, shins 128, feet 64, the body up -48.9, torso 30 twist 0 tilt 0, head 12 twist 0 tilt 0.
• 0.8 s — right arm 85 out 5 twist 0, right forearm 10 twist 70, left arm 35 out 15 twist 0, left forearm 45 twist 0.

Try this

1. Look down 25 degrees instead of 12. Looking at something right at the feet, a kitten or a lost key.

   In the program: ramp · to.part:head 12 → 25

2. Reach out in 0.4 seconds instead of 0.8. An eager hand out to a friendly dog.

   In the program: ramp · over 0.8 → 0.4

How it differs from Squats and Kneel

Squats go down and up again as a workout. Kneel puts a knee on the ground, beaten in a fight; Crouch down stays on the feet, friendly, reaching out.

Works on

c4c:beh:crouch_down · version 1.0.0 · c4c-free · by Jabbertoon