Basic Animation Vocabulary

A technique that give the illusion of motion created frame-by-frame.

• animation

• keyframe

• storyboard

• frame

This early animation device spins drawings in a revolving drum to create the illusion of motion.

• squash and stretch

• model sheet

• animation

• zoetrope

In traditional animation, this is a flat piece of artwork that serves as the setting for a character.

• cel

• frame

• background

• script

A reference sheet for animators that shows different poses of an animated character.

• storyboard

• model sheet

• zoetrope

• frame

An animator is the person who draws the ________ character in an animated film.

• moving

• living

• main

• normal

Inbetweens are...

• drawings at the beginning of poses

• drawings at the end of poses

• a stop motion technique

• none of the above

Which of these describe the process of ink and paint?

• a technique using a series of still artwork

• placing drawings on cels to be photographed

• illustrating the frames at the end of a pose

• laying out a visual representation of a story

Squash and stretch is when each frame is exposed one-at-a-time, slightly altering each one.

• True

• False

Where should a KEYFRAME be placed in animation?

• the starting and endpoints of a transition

• the frames at the beginning of a pose

• the dialogue

• behind each frame

What is ANIMATION?

• an illusion of motion created using a frame-by-frame technique

• a video based on drawings

• drawings that move by themselves

• a movie based on moving pictures