History of Animation Films
This 1928 film was a milestone because it was the first cartoon with synchronized sound.
What is Steamboat Willie?
This series of drawings is used to plan out scenes before animating.
What is a storyboard?
Animation made with flat drawings or flat digital images.
What is 2D animation?
The term for each single picture used in an animation.
What is a frame?
This studio created Mickey Mouse and became a leader in animation history.
What is Disney?
This was the first full-length animated feature film, released in 1937.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
In stop motion animation, this tool is important because it keeps the camera steady.
What is a tripod?
Animation created with digital models that appear realistic and lifelike.
What is 3D animation?
This word means a picture that doesn’t move by itself but is used to create animation.
What is a still image?
This studio created Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and changed animation with CGI.
What is Pixar?
This early animation device created the illusion of motion by spinning images inside a cylinder.
What is a zoetrope?
Before digital tools, this is how animators created each frame of a film.
What is drawing each frame by hand?
A type of stop motion that uses clay characters and props.
What is claymation?
The process of changing drawings or models slightly to create movement.
What is animation?
He created Gertie the Dinosaur, one of the earliest influential animated characters.
Who is Winsor McCay?
Released in 1995, this was the first full-length movie made entirely using CGI.
What is Toy Story?
This step in editing animation involves putting together all the frames or clips in the right order to make the final video.
What is video editing?
This stop motion technique uses flat paper cut-outs moved slightly between frames to create animation.
What is cut-out animation?
The sound of voices or talking added to an animation.
What is voiceover?
Which famous filmmaker produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas"?
Who is Tim Burton?
This 1914 animation by Winsor McCay is known for giving an animated character a personality.
What is Gertie the Dinosaur?
Adding these to an animation can make it more exciting by including noises.
What are sound effects?
This type of stop motion uses real objects or puppets with movable joints to create lifelike movements.
What is puppet animation?
Measurement of how many pictures are shown quickly one after another to make movement in animation.
What are frames per second (FPS)?
Which animation studio created the popular stop motion series "Shaun the Sheep"?
What is Aardman Animations?