And when he gets about halfway through his trajectory, he's tightened himself up into this tiny little cannonball using squash and stretch in a way to create momentum and fluidity between the poses.

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Disney routinely brought in actors to help the animators, but their bodies and faces seldom matched up to the ones Mr Johnston had in his mind, with their flowing capacity to squash, stretch and rebound.

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