Embarrassed

Embarrassed: the head ducks and turns away, one hand goes up to rub the back of the neck, and a foot shuffles on the ground.

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What it is for

Embarrassed is for a character caught out: a compliment it did not expect, a mistake in front of everyone, a crush. It loops every 1.6 seconds, the hand rubbing and the foot scuffing, so it holds for as long as the awkward moment does.

The principle it shows: secondary action

The main action is the head ducking away. The hand rubbing the back of the neck, its forearm bending and straightening every 0.4 seconds, and the foot turning 25 degrees as it scuffs are secondary actions: smaller movements that say the same thing a second time. Together they turn a lowered head into someone who wants to be anywhere else.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  forever:
    at the same time:
      — 1:
        glide right arm 140, part:arm:1~out 60, part:arm:1~twist -40 over 0 s
      — 2:
        glide right forearm 130 over 0 s
        glide right forearm 120 over 0.4 s (inout)
        glide right forearm 132 over 0.4 s (inout)
        glide right forearm 120 over 0.4 s (inout)
        glide right forearm 130 over 0.4 s (inout)
      — 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 18, part:head~twist -12 over 0 s
        glide head 20, part:head~twist -16 over 0.4 s (inout)
        glide head 18, part:head~twist -12 over 1.2 s (inout)
      — 5:
        glide part:shoulder:-1 8, part:shoulder:-1~out 90 over 0 s
      — 6:
        glide part:shoulder:1 8, part:shoulder:1~out 90 over 0 s
      — 7:
        glide left foot 0, part:foot:-1~twist 0 over 0 s
        glide left foot 15, part:foot:-1~twist 25 over 0.8 s (inout)
        glide left foot 0, part:foot:-1~twist 0 over 0.4 s (inout)

0 s — right arm 140 out 60 twist -40, right forearm 130, right hand open, head 18 twist -12, left shoulder 8 out 90, right shoulder 8 out 90, left foot 0 twist 0.
0.4 s — right forearm 120, head 20 twist -16.
0.8 s — right forearm 132, left foot 15 twist 25.
1.2 s — right forearm 120, left foot 0 twist 0.
1.6 s — right forearm 130, head 18 twist -12.

Try this

Duck the head 32 degrees instead of 20: wishing the floor would swallow you.
In the program: ramp · to.part:head 20 → 32
Turn the left foot 45 degrees on the shuffle instead of 25: a bigger, more awkward scuff.
In the program: ramp · to.part:foot:-1~twist 25 → 45

How it differs from Cower and Think

Cower hides from danger, the arms over the head; Embarrassed only hides from being looked at. Think brings a hand up to the face too, but to the chin, the head up.

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	head, arms
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	head, front legs, ears

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