Character Animation Animation Principles 3

Question 1

Which technique involves animators drawing the key extreme poses first, then filling in the intermediate frames?

Accepted Answer

Pose to Pose

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Straight Ahead

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Onion Skinning

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Motion Path Editing

Question 2

Exaggeration in animation means:

Accepted Answer

Pushing actions and expressions beyond realism to heighten their effect

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Making every movement as physically accurate as possible

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Slowing all movements to emphasize weight

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Using squash and stretch on every frame

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of 'Anticipation' in character animation?

Accepted Answer

To prepare the audience for an upcoming action

Answer

To make characters look heavier

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To add secondary motion to clothing

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To define the arc of a movement

Question 4

Which principle helps distinguish the personalities of different characters through their unique movement styles?

Accepted Answer

Appeal

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Timing

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Arcs

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Follow Through

Question 5

In the 12 principles, 'Overlapping Action' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Different parts of a character moving at different rates

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Two animations playing at the same time

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A character performing two separate tasks simultaneously

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Layering multiple animation clips in the timeline

Question 6

Which of the 12 principles is most directly related to making a character believable as a three-dimensional form?

Accepted Answer

Solid Drawing

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Arcs

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Staging

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Timing