Animation Quiz

- multiple choice and fill in the blank

Phantasmagoria (moving images projected onto walls/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

_____ is a type of optical illusion where the human eye continues to briefly seen an image after it has disappeared from view; utilized to give impression of motion.

persistence of vision

Who is considered to be the Father of American Animation?

J. Stuart Blackton

____ & ____ were the first to pioneer traditional animation techniques such as tracing, animation loops, and key frames.

Emile Cohl and Winsor McCay

First animated film with a distinguishable character with personality was Winsor McCay’s ____

Gertie the Dinosaur

Process of drawing over live action footage frame by frame resulting in realistic movement

rotoscoping

Inventor of the rotoscope

Max Fleisher

First super-star character that was mass merchandised and created by Otto Messmer

Felix the Cat

Animator who had the first feature animated film with The Adventures of Prince Achmed using cut out paper sillhouttes & used predecessor of the multiplane camera

Lotte Reiniger

Artist credited with making the multiplane camera that is used in Disney Films 

Ub Iwerks

What is the timeframe for the Golden Age of animation? 

1920s to the 1960s

Traditional animation is called ___

cel animation

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

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

First traditional animation feature film?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Most important frames of character movements

keyframes

Process that has replaced inking cels in traditional animation

digital/computer animation 

What is one significant difference between anime and U.S. animation?

Anime focuses on details, US animation focuses on movement. 

Stop motion animation is often intertwined with ____

live action

Type of animation that uses paper or fabric adjusted from frame to frame to create the illusion of movement

Cut-out

Technique where animators make and move separate elements in a character for efficiency 

puppet animation

First TV show made completely of 3D computer animation

Veggie Tales

First computer generated feature length animation

Toy Story

What is tweening

process where an animation program fills in frames b4 keyframes

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

motion graphics