12 Principles of Animation Quiz Review

The presentation of any idea so that it is completely and unmistakably clear whether an idea is and action, a personality an expression or mood.

• Anticipation

• Staging

• Appeal

• Solid Drawing

The purpose is to give a scene more life and to help support the main action.

• Overlapping Action

• Slow in and Slow Out Motion

• Arcs

• Secondary Action

To draw just the key frames of action and drawing in the connecting frames later.

• Squash and Stretch

• Straight Ahead

• Pose to Pose

• Follow Through

The number of drawings or frames for a given action, which translate to the speed of action on film.

• Timing

• Appeal

• Exaggeration

• Solid Drawing

The action of taking into account forms in 3D space giving volume and weight.

• Anticipation

• Staging

• Appeal

• Solid Drawing

Separate parts of the body will continue moving after the character has stopped.

• Squash and Stretch

• Straight Ahead

• Pose to Pose

• Follow Through

The purpose is to give a sense of weight and flexibility in drawn objects by changing the shape and length of the object.

• Squash and Stretch

• Straight Ahead

• Pose to Pose

• Follow Through

Most natural action tends to follow an arched trajectory and animation should adhere to this principle by implied arcs for greater realism.

• Overlapping Action

• Slow in and Slow Out Motion

• Arcs

• Secondary Action

Making the audience feel the character is real and interesting.

• Anticipation

• Staging

• Appeal

• Solid Drawing

Tendency for parts of the body to move at different rates.

• Overlapping Action

• Slow in and Slow Out Motion

• Arcs

• Secondary Action