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What does anticipation prepare the audience for?

The next action.

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  1. The next action ✔
  2. The closing credits
  3. The background music

Why: Anticipation hints at an action before it happens, making it believable.

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Anticipation builds before the big move.
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Answer: The next action. Anticipation hints at an action before it happens, making it believable.

  1. Scouting America: Animation www.scouting.org/merit-badges/animation
    Choose five of the following 12 principles of animation, and discuss how each one makes an animation appear more believable: squash and stretch, anticipation
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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