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Animation
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it-skills
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1. This principle means taking into account forms in three-dimensional space - giving them volume and weight. The animator needs to be a skilled draughtsman and has to understand the basics of three-dimensional shapes - anatomy - weight - balance - ligh
Mutoscope
Multi-plane Camera
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Solid Drawing
2. 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.
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Non-synchronous sound
Leading
3. 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
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Follow through and overlapping action
Straight ahead action
Thaumatrope
4. 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.
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Steamboat Willie
Turn around
Serif
5. 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
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Story Arcs
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Fantasmagorie
6. 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
Slow in and Slow out
Flip book
Kinetoscope
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7. In typography - it refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type.
Appeal
Pre-synchronous sound
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Leading
8. 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).
Follow through and overlapping action
Overlapping action
Drag
Anticipation
9. Where a character starts to move and parts of him take a few frames to catch up.
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Universal Theme
Keyframe
Drag
10. 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
11. 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.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
The Enchanted Drawing
Arcs
12. An Australian cartoonist - pioneer animator and film producer - best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons.
Post-synchronous sound
Anticipation
The Enchanted Drawing
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
13. 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
Steamboat Willie
Arcs
Leading
Fantasmagorie
14. 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.
Flip book
Staging
Multi-plane Camera
Mutoscope
15. 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
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Post-synchronous sound
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
16. A drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any transition.
Squash and Stretch
Phenakistoscope
Praxinoscope
Keyframe
17. They have a beginning (setup) middle (conflict) and end (resolution). Oftentimes - in the end the character achieves the goal and better understands themselves.
Story Arcs
Fantasmagorie
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Straight ahead action
18. 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
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Staging
Anticipation
Steamboat Willie
19. The earliest elementary form of this device was created in China around 180 AD. The modern device was produced in 1834. The device is essentially a cylinder with vertical slits around the sides. Around the inside edge of the cylinder there are a seri
Zoetrope
Persistence of Vision
Universal Theme
Blocking
20. 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
Praxinoscope
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Follow Through
21. 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
Overlapping action
Universal Theme
Praxinoscope
The Enchanted Drawing
22. In typography - it is a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter.
Serif
The Illusion of Life
Persistence of Vision
Staging
23. A silent film made in 1900. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
Multi-plane Camera
Squash and Stretch
Persistence of Vision
The Enchanted Drawing
24. 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
Straight ahead action
Squash and Stretch
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Solid Drawing
25. 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.
Story Arcs
Persistence of Vision
Staging
Pose-to-Pose
26. 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 -
The Enchanted Drawing
Follow Through
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Staging
27. 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
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Theatre Optique
Pose-to-Pose
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
28. 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.
Pose-to-Pose
Squash and Stretch
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Flip book
29. 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
Universal Theme
Theatre Optique
Exaggeration
Thaumatrope
30. 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.
Overlapping action
Mutoscope
Fantasmagorie
Leading
31. 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.
Magic Lantern
The Illusion of Life
Anticipation
Universal Theme
32. The phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina.
Blocking
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Persistence of Vision
Anticipation
33. 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
Squash and Stretch
Follow Through
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Straight ahead action
34. 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
Straight ahead action
Squash and Stretch
Anticipation
Praxinoscope
35. Adding these to the main action gives a scene more life - and can help to support the main action. A person walking can simultaneously swing his arms or keep them in his pockets - he can speak or whistle - or he can express emotions through facial ex
Anticipation
Straight ahead action
Secondary action
Leading
36. 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.
Stop motion
Appeal
Slow in and slow out
Kinetoscope
37. The speed of an action gives meaning to movement - both physical and emotional meaning. The animator must spend the appropriate amount of time on the anticipation of an action - on the action - and on the reaction to the action. If too much time is s
Timing
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Tracking
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.
Animation
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Squash and Stretch
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
39. 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.
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Post-synchronous sound
Multi-plane Camera
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
40. Voices - music - and key sound effects that are recorded before the animation is produced.
Pre-synchronous sound
Arcs
Mutoscope
Thaumatrope
41. In typography - it is the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text.
Tracking
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Persistence of Vision
Theatre Optique
42. 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)
Staging
Animation
Appeal
43. Renderings of a character standing in multiple positions including facing front - 3/4 front - profile - 3/4 rear - and rear.
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Turn around
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Steamboat Willie
44. A Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and other animals as his protagonists.
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Zoetrope
Staging
45. 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
Straight ahead action
Timing
Solid Drawing
Mutoscope
46. 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
Zoetrope
Thaumatrope
Fantasmagorie
Squash and Stretch
47. 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
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Magic Lantern
Squash and Stretch
Universal Theme
48. A spinning disc attached vertically on a handle. Around the center of the disc a series of pictures was drawn corresponding to frames of the animation; around its circumference was a series of radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look throu
Straight ahead action
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Phenakistoscope
Keyframe
49. 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.
Multi-plane Camera
Squash and Stretch
Keyframe
Staging
50. 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
Overlapping action
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Stop motion
The Enchanted Drawing