Unit 5 Creating Animations Test

Which of these is a characteristic of animation?

• each animation consists of exactly one image

• animations appear to be static

• animations appear to be moving

• animations must be created with hand drawing

Why does an animated image appear to move?

• Humans interpret quickly-changing still images as being in motion.

• Humans interpret a single static image as if it were moving.

• The eye moves across the image.

• The image scrolls very slowly.

The first animated images were:

• a flipbook.

• a film strip.

• a zoetrope.

• a simple computer.

How did the first films work?

• They were large computer files.

• A camera would film a flipbook.

• A filmstrip would capture still images in quick succession.

• A circle of paintings would spin.

The first animated cartoon was created in:

• 1856

• 1882

• 1908

• 1921

The first feature-length animated film was:

• Toy Story.

• Cinderella.

• Pinocchio.

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The purpose of the rotoscope is to:

• allow one person at a time to watch a moving image.

• allow a large group to watch a moving image.

• allow sound to be added to a moving image.

• allow a moving image to be more life-like.

Computers began to be used for animation in the:

• 1950s.

• 1970s.

• 1990s.

• 2010s.

The first major platform for internet-based animation was:

• Pixar.

• Flash.

• Apple.

• VideoPlayer.

Which of these took the place of Flash as the most popular platform for online animation?

• Oracle

• Macromedia

• Apple

• HTML5