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Animation
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1. A French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. He was a prolific innovator in the use of special effects - accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896 -
Straight ahead action
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
2. In a cartoon character this corresponds to what would be called charisma in an actor. A character who has this characteristic is not necessarily sympathetic — villains or monsters can also be appealing — the important thing is that the viewer feels t
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Appeal
Universal Theme
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
3. A 1928 American animated short film produced in black-and-white by The Walt Disney Studio. The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse. The film is also notable for being one of the first cartoons with synchronized sound.
Steamboat Willie
Arcs
Story Arcs
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
4. They have a beginning (setup) middle (conflict) and end (resolution). Oftentimes - in the end the character achieves the goal and better understands themselves.
Magic Lantern
Multi-plane Camera
Keyframe
Story Arcs
5. 1.) The velocity of a body remains constant unless the body is acted upon by an external force. 2.) The acceleration (a) of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force (F) and inversely proportional to the mass (m) - F = ma 3.) The
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6. Helps render movement more realistic and gives the impression that characters follow the laws of physics. Exaggerated used of the technique can produce a comical effect - while more realistic animation must time the actions exactly to produce a convi
Timing
Follow through and overlapping action
Steamboat Willie
Drag
7. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Émile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.
Pre-synchronous sound
Flip book
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Theatre Optique
8. In typography - it refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type.
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Zoetrope
Exaggeration
Leading
9. A drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any transition.
Blocking
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Keyframe
Follow Through
10. The movement of the human body - and most other objects - needs time to accelerate and slow down. For this reason - animation looks more realistic if it has more drawings near the beginning and end of an action - emphasizing the extreme poses - and f
Staging
Anticipation
Slow in and Slow out
Kinetoscope
11. An animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames - creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a co
Multi-plane Camera
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Stop motion
Slow in and slow out
12. Adds more frames near the beginning and near the end of a movement - and fewer in the middle - to make the animation appear more realistic. This principle applies to both characters moving between two extreme poses and inanimate - moving objects.
Multi-plane Camera
Slow in and slow out
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Tracking
13. A silent film made in 1900. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
Magic Lantern
The Enchanted Drawing
Non-synchronous sound
Universal Theme
14. The classical definition - employed by Disney - was to remain true to reality - just presenting it in a wilder - more extreme form. Other forms of of this technique can involve the supernatural or surreal - alterations in the physical features of a c
Exaggeration
Praxinoscope
Blocking
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
15. Renderings of a character standing in multiple positions including facing front - 3/4 front - profile - 3/4 rear - and rear.
Staging
Solid Drawing
Turn around
Praxinoscope
16. This principle's purpose is to direct the audience's attention - and make it clear what is of greatest importance in a scene; what is happening - and what is about to happen. Johnston and Thomas defined it as "the presentation of any idea so that it
Anticipation
Staging
Pre-synchronous sound
The Enchanted Drawing
17. Directs the audience's attention and makes it clear what is of greatest importance in a scene. Presents the idea in a complete and unmistakable method. Keeps the focus on what is relevant and avoids unnecessary detail.
Staging
Phenakistoscope
Slow in and slow out
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
18. A book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next - so that when the pages are turned rapidly - the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change.
Timing
Squash and Stretch
Flip book
Zoetrope
19. A 1937 American animated film produced by Walt Disney. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm - it is the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history - the first animated feature film produced in America - the first
Thaumatrope
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Fantasmagorie
20. An 1908 French animated film by Amile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation - and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
Anticipation
Fantasmagorie
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Anticipation
21. An American film producer - director - screenwriter - voice actor - animator - entrepreneur - entertainer - international icon - and philanthropist - well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his b
Steamboat Willie
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Staging
Kinetoscope
22. Most natural action tends to follow an arched trajectory - and animation should adhere to this principle by following implied "arcs" for greater realism. This can apply to a limb moving by rotating a joint - or a thrown object moving along a paraboli
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Mutoscope
Arcs
The Illusion of Life
23. Voices - music - and key sound effects that are recorded before the animation is produced.
Squash and Stretch
Pre-synchronous sound
Follow Through
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
24. This is when the animation is created first - then audio is added later. Sound effects are used to complement the spatial and temporal settings established by the visuals.
Follow through and overlapping action
Post-synchronous sound
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
25. The predecessor of the modern day projector. It consisted of a translucent oil painting and a simple lamp. When put together in a darkened room - the image would appear larger on a flat surface. Some slides for the lanterns contained parts that could
Magic Lantern
Post-synchronous sound
The Illusion of Life
Appeal
26. An American cartoonist and animator. His pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries - and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades. His two best-known creations are the newspaper comic strip
Phenakistoscope
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Turn around
Blocking
27. Used to prepare the audience for an action - and to make the action appear more realistic. A dancer jumping off the floor has to bend his knees first; a golfer making a swing has to swing the club back first. The technique can also be used for less p
Turn around
Anticipation
Tracking
Staging
28. Acknowledged by people everywhere as having some deep or central relevance to everyone. They might have to do with life in general - human nature - faith - courage - basic life transitions - love - loss - and any number of other things.
Universal Theme
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
29. Used to prepare the audience for an action and to make the action appear more realistic. For example a dancer jumping off the floor has to bend his knees first; a golfer making a swing has to swing the club back first. For special effect - can be omi
Non-synchronous sound
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Anticipation
30. The phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina.
Timing
Persistence of Vision
Animation
Squash and Stretch
31. A simple toy used in the Victorian era. It is a small circular disk or card with two different pictures on each side that was attached to a piece of string or a pair of strings running through the centre. When the string is twirled quickly between th
Thaumatrope
Secondary action
Blocking
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
32. A special motion picture camera used in the traditional animation process that moves a number of pieces of artwork past the camera at various speeds and at various distances from one another.
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Phenakistoscope
Keyframe
Multi-plane Camera
33. This is an acclaimed book - 1981 - by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas. It is widely considered to be one of the best books ever published on the topic of character animation.
Squash and Stretch
The Illusion of Life
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Staging
34. An early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector—it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components—it introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all
Turn around
Kinetoscope
Universal Theme
Overlapping action
35. It is called this because an animator literally works directly from the first drawing in the scene. This process usually produces drawings and action that have a fresh and slightly zany look - because the whole process is kept very creative. This tec
Post-synchronous sound
Multi-plane Camera
Secondary action
Straight ahead action
36. The tendency for parts of the body to move at different rates (an arm will move on different timing of the head and so on).
Appeal
The Enchanted Drawing
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Overlapping action
37. Where a character starts to move and parts of him take a few frames to catch up.
Drag
Follow Through
Keyframe
Anticipation
38. A French caricaturist who made "Fantasmagorie" which is considered to be the first fully animated film ever made. It was made up of 700 drawings - each of which was double-exposed - leading to a running time of almost two minutes.
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Stop motion
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Slow in and slow out
39. An animation technique in which key poses are created to establish timing and placement of characters and props in a given scene or shot.
Praxinoscope
Staging
Post-synchronous sound
Blocking
40. Invented by French scientist Charles-Émile Reynaud - it was a more sophisticated version of the zoetrope. It used the same basic mechanism of a strip of images placed on the inside of a spinning cylinder - but instead of viewing it through slits - it
Praxinoscope
Appeal
Keyframe
Theatre Optique
41. This is a silent cartoon by J. Stuart Blackton released in 1906. It features a cartoonist drawing faces on a chalkboard - and the faces coming to life. It is generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film.
Squash and Stretch
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Drag
Stop motion
42. Two different approaches to the actual drawing process. One draws out a scene frame by frame from beginning to end. One involves starting with drawing a few key frames and then filling in the intervals later. One is best for creating a more fluid - d
Multi-plane Camera
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Fantasmagorie
43. The most important principle is this - the purpose of which is to give a sense of weight and flexibility to drawn objects. It can be applied to simple objects - like a bouncing ball - or more complex constructions - like the musculature of a human fa
Staging
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Squash and Stretch
44. In this type of animation - the animator plans his action - figuring out just what drawings will be needed to animate the scene. This is used for animation that requires good acting - where poses and timing are important.
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Fantasmagorie
Pose-to-Pose
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
45. Considered the most important principle. Gives a sense of weight and flexibility to drawn objects - In realistic animation - the most important aspect of this principle is the fact that an object's volume does not change when the effect is applied. I
Phenakistoscope
The Enchanted Drawing
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Squash and Stretch
46. An American animator. He was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop - Koko the Clown - Popeye - and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innova
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Tracking
Straight ahead action
Pose-to-Pose
47. In typography - it is a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter.
Flip book
Serif
Pose-to-Pose
Stop motion
48. An Australian cartoonist - pioneer animator and film producer - best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons.
Follow Through
The Enchanted Drawing
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Pre-synchronous sound
49. In typography - it is the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text.
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Slow in and slow out
Tracking
Kinetoscope
50. A sound-track or music that has not been carefully timed to fit the picture. Music and animation are both "time arts" and will thus eventually synchronize at random points.
Pre-synchronous sound
Follow through and overlapping action
Non-synchronous sound
Turn around