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Animation
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1. 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
Fantasmagorie
Overlapping action
Leading
Staging
2. 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 -
Mutoscope
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Fantasmagorie
3. 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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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.
Stop motion
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
The Illusion of Life
Steamboat Willie
5. One of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation.
Multi-plane Camera
Leading
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
6. 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
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Slow in and Slow out
Overlapping action
Kinetoscope
7. 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
Universal Theme
Keyframe
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8. Separate parts of a body will continue moving after the character has stopped.
Secondary action
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Magic Lantern
Follow Through
9. 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
Leading
Appeal
Squash and Stretch
The Illusion of Life
10. 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
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Straight ahead action
Secondary action
Stop motion
11. In typography - it refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type.
Serif
Drag
Leading
Follow Through
12. The rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.
Fantasmagorie
Secondary action
Animation
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
13. 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.
Slow in and slow out
Flip book
Squash and Stretch
Universal Theme
14. 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.
Persistence of Vision
Zoetrope
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Pre-synchronous sound
15. 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.
Solid Drawing
The Illusion of Life
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Flip book
16. 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
Serif
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Straight ahead action
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
17. In typography - it is a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter.
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Arcs
Flip book
Serif
18. 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
Stop motion
Non-synchronous sound
Zoetrope
Leading
19. 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
Story Arcs
Anticipation
Praxinoscope
Magic Lantern
20. 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)
Fantasmagorie
Slow in and slow out
Drag
21. 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
Praxinoscope
Stop motion
Staging
Kinetoscope
22. Voices - music - and key sound effects that are recorded before the animation is produced.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Steamboat Willie
Overlapping action
Pre-synchronous sound
23. 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
Arcs
Stop motion
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Animation
24. An early motion picture device that provided viewing to one person at a time. Worked on the same principle as the flip book. Quickly dominated the coin-in-the-slot "peep-show" business.
Staging
Story Arcs
Mutoscope
Drag
25. They have a beginning (setup) middle (conflict) and end (resolution). Oftentimes - in the end the character achieves the goal and better understands themselves.
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Stop motion
Story Arcs
26. 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.
Slow in and slow out
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Staging
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
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
Pose-to-Pose
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
The Illusion of Life
Flip book
28. 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
Slow in and Slow out
Fantasmagorie
Slow in and slow out
Phenakistoscope
29. In typography - it is the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text.
Blocking
Animation
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Tracking
30. 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
Steamboat Willie
Staging
Squash and Stretch
Thaumatrope
31. Renderings of a character standing in multiple positions including facing front - 3/4 front - profile - 3/4 rear - and rear.
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Secondary action
Turn around
Exaggeration
32. 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).
Leading
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Appeal
Overlapping action
33. 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
Tracking
The Enchanted Drawing
Arcs
Secondary action
34. 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.
The Enchanted Drawing
Flip book
Universal Theme
Blocking
35. 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
Anticipation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Keyframe
Exaggeration
36. A Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and other animals as his protagonists.
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Thaumatrope
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Stop motion
37. 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
Blocking
Keyframe
Anticipation
Slow in and Slow out
38. An Australian cartoonist - pioneer animator and film producer - best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons.
Overlapping action
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Magic Lantern
39. A silent film made in 1900. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
The Illusion of Life
Multi-plane Camera
Anticipation
The Enchanted Drawing
40. 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
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Squash and Stretch
Secondary action
Fantasmagorie
41. Where a character starts to move and parts of him take a few frames to catch up.
Drag
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Squash and Stretch
Staging
42. 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
Anticipation
Drag
Kinetoscope
Praxinoscope
43. 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
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Stop motion
Follow Through
Thaumatrope
44. The phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina.
Persistence of Vision
Post-synchronous sound
Staging
Overlapping action
45. 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
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Squash and Stretch
Praxinoscope
46. 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
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Solid Drawing
Persistence of Vision
47. 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
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Turn around
Non-synchronous sound
Exaggeration
48. 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
Serif
Squash and Stretch
Thaumatrope
Multi-plane Camera
49. 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
Arcs
Mutoscope
Pose-to-Pose
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
50. 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
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Timing
The Enchanted Drawing