A blog following an aspiring animator's journey through Animation Mentor's character animation program. 1. Scenes begin in the middle, not the beginning. 2. A character should be "doing" something 100 percent of the time. 3. A character enters a scene for a reason, and he exits for a reason. 4. Thinking tends to lead to conclusions; emotion tends to lead to action. 5. A gesture need not be an illu