1. Squash and Stretch - Defining the rigidity and mass of an object by distorting its shape during an action.
2. Timing and Motion - Spacing actions to define the weight and size of objects and the personality of characters
3. Anticipation - The Preparation for an action.
4. Staging - Presenting an idea so it is unmistakably clear.
5. Follow through and overlapping action - the termination of an action and establishing its relationship to the next action
6. Straight ahead Action to Pose-to-Pose action - The two contrasting approaches to the creation of movement
7. Slow In and Out - the spacing of the in-between frames to achieve subtlety of timing and movement
8. Arcs - the visual path of action for natural movement
9. Exaggeration - Accentuating the essence of an idea via the design and the action
10. Secondary Action - the action of an object resulting from another action
11. Appeal - creating a design or an action that the audience enjoys watching
12. Personality - in character animation is the goal of all of the above
