Cel Animation Quiz

A student animator wants to keep the background consistent while animating only the blinking eyes of a character. What technique should they apply?

• Redraw each frame entirely

• Use 3D modeling software

• Layer moving parts on separate cels

• Use only one cel for all actions

In a scene, a character is dancing in front of a non-moving background. What can save the animator time in this case?

• Redrawing the background each time

• Animating only one leg

• Using the same background cel for each frame

• Removing the background

A studio wants to reuse some animations in multiple projects. Which cel animation benefit is most applicable?

• Blending

• Archiving

• Overlapping

• Crossfading

If an animator washes and repaints cel sheets for new scenes, what cel animation advantage are they utilizing?

• Layering

• Reuse

• Repainting

• Animation cycles

During production, an animator only repaints a character's lips for a talking scene. Why is this efficient?

• The character isn’t important

• It reduces quality

• Only the moving parts are repainted on different cels

• Backgrounds are removed

A teacher asks students to create hand-drawn animations using transparent plastic sheets. Which animation technique are they practicing?

• Digital Animation

• Cel Animation

• Rotoscoping

• Stop Motion

An animation student wants to achieve smooth movement in a walk cycle. How many frames per second should they ideally use in cel animation?

• 6 or 8

• 12 or 24

• 2 or 4

• 30 or 60

A production team uses one cel for the background and several others for moving characters. What is the purpose of this?

• Make the characters invisible

• Redraw each cel

• Avoid repainting everything

• Create noise

A director praises an animator’s work for maintaining the same background throughout 100 frames. What advantage is being recognized?

• Speed

• Time-saving

• Clean output

• All of the above

A young artist discovers they can photograph each cel over a background to simulate motion. What animation principle is being applied?

• Looping

• Frame-by-frame sequencing

• 3D rendering

• Tweening