Animation for Kids Principles of Animation 2

Question 1

What does the 'Slow In and Slow Out' principle (also called Ease In/Ease Out) create in animation?

Accepted Answer

More realistic acceleration and deceleration

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Sudden, robotic movements

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Characters that freeze at the end of actions

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Backgrounds that blur during fast scenes

Question 2

What is 'follow through' in animation?

Accepted Answer

When parts of a character keep moving after the main body stops

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When a character plans what they will do next

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When the camera follows a moving character

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When an animator draws every single frame by hand

Question 3

Which principle pushes actions beyond realistic limits to make them more expressive and entertaining?

Accepted Answer

Exaggeration

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Solid Drawing

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Timing

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Staging

Question 4

What does 'overlapping action' mean in animation?

Accepted Answer

Different parts of a character moving at different rates

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Two scenes playing at the same time on screen

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Two characters performing the same action together

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When a background and foreground move at the same speed

Question 5

What does 'solid drawing' mean in the principles of animation?

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Creating characters that have a believable sense of weight, depth, and volume

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Drawing characters using only straight lines

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Always using black outlines around animated figures

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Drawing backgrounds with solid colors instead of gradients

Question 6

What is 'appeal' in the principles of animation?

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The quality that makes characters interesting and charismatic to the audience

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How loud a character's voice is

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How many colors are used in an animated scene

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The way a character walks or runs

Question 7

A character in a cartoon bends its knees deeply before jumping into the air. Which animation principle does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

Anticipation

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Slow In and Slow Out

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Follow Through

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Secondary Action