History of Animation Quiz

Phantasmagoria, (moving images that were projected onto walls and smoke) was an 18th century precursor to the horror film that used the

magic lantern

An optical toy with a disk and two strings that blends two images when spun rapidly

thaumatrope

A type of optical illusion where the human eye continues to briefly see an image after it has disappeared from view. It is utilized in animation to give the impression of motion

Persistence of vision

Who is considered to be the Father of American Animation?

J. Stuart Blackton

The first to pioneer traditional animation techniques such as tracing, animation loops, and key frames

Emile Cohl and Winsor McCay

The first animated film with a distinguishable character with personality was Winsor McCay’s

Gertie the Dinosaur

What is the process of drawing over live action footage frame by frame resulting in more realistic movement?

Rotoscoping

The inventor of the rotoscope was

Max Fleisher

Created by Otto Messmer, was the first super-star character that was mass merchandised

Felix the Cat

Lotte Reiniger

Had the first feature animated film with The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) using cut out paper silhouettes and used a predecessor of the multiplane camera

This artist is credited with making the multiplane camera in the 1930’s used in Disney Films

UB Iwerks

The Golden Age of animation falls during this timeframe

1920s to the 1960s

Traditional animation is also known as what kind of animation?

Cel Animation

How did using clear cels make animation more efficient and effective?

Animators did not have to draw the background each time the character was redrawn.

What was the first traditional animation feature film?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

What are the most important frames of character movements called?

Keyframes

What process has replaced inking cels in traditional animation?

Digital/Computer Animation

What is one of the most significant differences between anime and U.S. animation?

Anime focuses on detail whereas US animation focuses on movement.

Stop motion animation is often intertwined with

Live action

A type of animation that uses paper or fabric adjusted from frame to frame to create the illusion of movemen

 Cut-out

The technique where animators make and move separate elements in a character for efficiency is called

Puppet animation

What was the first TV show made completely of 3D computer animation?

Veggie Tales

What is the first computer generated feature length animation?

Toy Story

What is tweening?

Process where an animation program fills in frames between keyframes

This type of animation involves animated graphic design and typography, and doesn’t usually involve a story

motion graphics