Principles of 2D Animation Final Exam

This is one of the oldest types of animation in film. It’s sometimes called cell animation.

• Cut-Out Animation

• Traditional Animation

• Stop Motion Animation

• Anime

Encompasses claymation, pixelation, object-motion, and more. But the basic mechanics are similar to the traditional style like a flipbook. However, instead of drawings, the animator adjusts physical objects in each frame.

• Cut-Out Animation

• Traditional Animation

• Stop Motion Animation

• Anime

A Japanese animation style that is produced or influenced by it. It is the Japanese term for cartoon or animation.

• Motion Graphics

• Rotoscoping

• Cut-Out Animation

• Anime

A technique used in animation to trace over live-action motion picture footage frame by frame.

• Stop-Motion Animation

• Traditional Animation

• Rotoscoping

• Motion Graphics

A type of animation that are digital graphics that create the illusion of motion usually for ads, title sequences in films, but ultimately exist to communicate something to the viewer.

• Rotoscoping

• Cut-Out Animation

• Motion Graphics

• Anime

A principle of animation where you draw each frame of an action one after another as you go along.

• Overlapping Action

• Straight-Ahead Action

• Pose-to-Pose Action

• Secondary Action

A principle of animation where you draw the extremes: the first key and end key drawings of action, breakdowns, before filling in the in-betweens.

• Overlapping Action

• Straight-Ahead Action

• Pose-to-Pose Action

• Secondary Action

A principle of animation that prepares the audience for the main action of the scene.

• Squash and Stretch

• Arc

• Follow Through

• Anticipation

It is about where you put a drawing on acanvas.

• Spacing

• Timing

• Slow-In

• Slow-Out

It is about when you put a drawing on acanvas.

• Spacing

• Timing

• Slow-In

• Slow-Out