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Animation
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1. One of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation.
Stop motion
Fleischer (July 19 - 1883 - September 11 - 1972)
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
2. 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
Anticipation
The Enchanted Drawing
Serif
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
3. Renderings of a character standing in multiple positions including facing front - 3/4 front - profile - 3/4 rear - and rear.
Follow through and overlapping action
Turn around
Steamboat Willie
Stop motion
4. 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
Kinetoscope
Follow through and overlapping action
Squash and Stretch
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
5. 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.
Theatre Optique
Fantasmagorie
Multi-plane Camera
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
6. An Australian cartoonist - pioneer animator and film producer - best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons.
Universal Theme
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Straight ahead action
7. 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
Slow in and Slow out
Arcs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Turn around
8. Voices - music - and key sound effects that are recorded before the animation is produced.
Flip book
Pre-synchronous sound
Overlapping action
Non-synchronous sound
9. 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).
Post-synchronous sound
Blocking
Multi-plane Camera
Overlapping action
10. 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
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
Leading
Keyframe
Timing
11. Where a character starts to move and parts of him take a few frames to catch up.
Squash and Stretch
Drag
Stop motion
Serif
12. 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
Secondary action
Drag
Thaumatrope
Squash and Stretch
13. 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
Drag
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Squash and Stretch
Exaggeration
14. A Russian and French stop-motion animator who used insects and other animals as his protagonists.
Squash and Stretch
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
15. 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
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Serif
Theatre Optique
Zoetrope
16. 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.
Mutoscope
Staging
Praxinoscope
Animation
17. 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
Theatre Optique
Kinetoscope
Solid Drawing
Arcs
18. In typography - it refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type.
Slow in and slow out
Leading
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
Multi-plane Camera
19. 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)
Squash and Stretch
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Follow Through
20. 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.
Flip book
Solid Drawing
Stop motion
The Illusion of Life
21. 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
Universal Theme
Phenakistoscope
Staging
Turn around
22. 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
Zoetrope
Praxinoscope
Anticipation
The Enchanted Drawing
23. A silent film made in 1900. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
Zoetrope
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
The Enchanted Drawing
Pose-to-Pose
24. 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.
Squash and Stretch
Non-synchronous sound
Kinetoscope
Blocking
25. 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
Stop motion
Anticipation
Squash and Stretch
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
26. 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
Straight ahead action
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Staging
Slow in and Slow out
27. 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.
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Serif
Universal Theme
Staging
28. 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
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Slow in and Slow out
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
29. An animation technique in which key poses are created to establish timing and placement of characters and props in a given scene or shot.
Staging
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Follow through and overlapping action
Blocking
30. 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.
The Illusion of Life
Slow in and slow out
Flip book
Stop motion
31. 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.
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Staging
Turn around
Pose-to-Pose
32. 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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33. 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
Theatre Optique
Squash and Stretch
Story Arcs
Thaumatrope
34. 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.
Mutoscope
Persistence of Vision
Solid Drawing
Exaggeration
35. 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.
Staging
Story Arcs
Post-synchronous sound
Non-synchronous sound
36. 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
Slow in and Slow out
Arcs
Disney (December 5 - 1901 - December 15 - 1966)
Tracking
37. 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.
The Enchanted Drawing
Fantasmagorie
Anticipation
The Illusion of Life
38. An English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion - and his zoopraxiscope - a device for projecting motion pictures that pre
Turn around
Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904)
Keyframe
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
39. 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
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Anticipation
Starevich (August 8 - 1882 - February 26 - 1965)
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
40. 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 -
Timing
Theatre Optique
Malias (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938)
Follow Through
41. 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.
Turn around
Straight ahead action
Thaumatrope
Cohl (January 4 - 1857 - January 20 - 1938)
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
Serif
Pre-synchronous sound
Follow through and overlapping action
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
43. 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
Magic Lantern
Post-synchronous sound
Mutoscope
Secondary action
44. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Émile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.
The Illusion of Life
Blocking
Straight ahead action
Theatre Optique
45. 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
Magic Lantern
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Phenakistoscope
Follow through and overlapping action
46. 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.
Timing
Universal Theme
Thaumatrope
Drag
47. 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
Appeal
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Blackton (January 5 - 1875 - August 13 - 1941)
Arcs
48. 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
Solid Drawing
Straight ahead action
McCay (September 26 - 1869 - July 26 - 1934)
Steamboat Willie
49. Separate parts of a body will continue moving after the character has stopped.
Sullivan (2 February 1887 - 15 February 1933)
Flip book
Secondary action
Follow Through
50. 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
Theatre Optique
Universal Theme