Animation Principles
Who made the principles and why do we use them?
Walt Disney made them so that we could make our animations better and more consisntent!
Bonus: the creator of the principles is sometimes debated between animators. Many say Walt Disney but some disagree.
What comes down but never goes up?
Rain
What is the largest animal on Earth?
A blue whale
If a ball is bouncing on the ground, when does it move the fastest and how do we show that in animation?
It moves the fastest when it drops, and we show that using less frames.
What is 5x4
20
What is the second principle we learned? How do we use it/what does it mean.
Slow in/slow out
You animate actions so that they start slowly, speed up, and then slow down again.
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
A stamp
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
True or False: Most things in real life move in straight lines.
False. Bonus: what shape do they usually move in?
What mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human sits near the Pyramids of Giza?
The Great Sphinx of Giza
What is the name of the principle related to winding up to an action.
Anticipation
What has hands but can't clap
A clock
Which country has the most people?
India
Name all four ways to show staging
1. curtains
2. spotlight/colours
3. zoom in/zoom out
4. one action at a time
What is a group of lions called?
A pride
What does straight ahead mean?
Straight ahead means animating from start to end on the go/improvising your animation instead of planning it out.
The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?
A hole
What is a baby koala called?
a Joey
Name the principle: a dog's ears flops after it stops moving
Drag
Who was one of the first people to walk on the moon along with Neil Armstrong (inspiration for a character in a famous recent Disney movie)
Buzz Aldrin
--> He was the inspiration for Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story!
What is the exact name of the opposite/part 2 of straight ahead and what does it mean?
Pose to pose.
Pose to pose means animating the 3 key frames (start, middle, end), then the extremes + in betweens (all the frames in between).
If an electric train is going north, which way does the smoke blow?
It doesn't. Electric trains don't blow smoke
What is molten rock called before it reaches the surface?
Magma
A chef whistles as he flips a pancake
Secondary action
What is the fastest animal in the world?
The peregrine falcon