Animation Worksheet: Principles of Animation

Animation and design lesson 6: Principles of animation · Set 139 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Six principles): Squash and stretch = bending shape (the amount stays the same); anticipation = getting ready first. Timing = how many frames a move takes; follow-through = loose parts keep moving after a stop. Slow in and slow out = more frames near the start and end; arcs = curved paths.

1. 1.True or false: “cat stretches mid-leap” shows anticipation. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “arm swings in a curve” shows anticipation. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) a leaping fish curves (b) a lift starts gently (c) arm pulls back to throw (d) a car eases to a stop
4. 4.True or false: “ball squashes on landing” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “cheeks squash in a grin” shows anticipation. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) timing (b) follow-through (c) arcs (d) anticipation
7. 7.Which of these is about timing? (a) slow move, more frames (b) ball squashes on landing (c) cheeks squash in a grin (d) a car eases to a stop
8. 8.True or false: “a jelly squishes flat” shows squash and stretch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “arm swings in a curve” shows arcs. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thrown ball curves (b) tail wags after a halt (c) a leaping fish curves (d) a head turns in a curve
11. 11.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) timing (b) squash and stretch (c) arcs (d) anticipation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arm swings in a curve (b) a leaping fish curves (c) a head turns in a curve (d) hair swings after a stop
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crouch before a jump (b) cape keeps moving on (c) a breath before a shout (d) wind-up before a kick
14. 14.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “heavy things move slowly”? (a) squash and stretch (b) anticipation (c) timing (d) arcs
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a head turns in a curve (b) arm swings in a curve (c) a leaping fish curves (d) a jelly squishes flat
16. 16.True or false: “hair swings after a stop” shows anticipation. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “a car eases to a stop” shows slow in and slow out. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “arm swings in a curve”? (a) timing (b) squash and stretch (c) anticipation (d) arcs
19. 19.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cape keeps moving on”? (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) squash and stretch (d) follow-through
20. 20.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a car eases to a stop”? (a) anticipation (b) slow in and slow out (c) squash and stretch (d) timing
21. 21.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) cape keeps moving on (b) a car eases to a stop (c) heavy things move slowly (d) wind-up before a kick
22. 22.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) arm swings in a curve (b) ears flop after landing (c) crouch before a jump (d) hair swings after a stop
23. 23.True or false: “a lift starts gently” is about timing. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) a head turns in a curve (b) a breath before a shout (c) a leaping fish curves (d) cheeks squash in a grin
25. 25.True or false: “heavy things move slowly” shows arcs. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎬 Parts that keep moving after the body stops show … (a) follow-through (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) squash and stretch
27. 27.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “slow move, more frames”? (a) follow-through (b) arcs (c) timing (d) anticipation
28. 28.🎬 Which principle makes a bouncing ball look soft and bendy? (a) timing (b) squash and stretch (c) anticipation (d) arcs
29. 29.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a head turns in a curve”? (a) arcs (b) timing (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
30. 30.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “more frames near stops”? (a) arcs (b) squash and stretch (c) timing (d) slow in and slow out
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crouch before a jump (b) cape keeps moving on (c) ears flop after landing (d) tail wags after a halt
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a head turns in a curve (b) a thrown ball curves (c) heavy things move slowly (d) arm swings in a curve
33. 33.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) a thrown ball curves (b) tail wags after a halt (c) more frames near stops (d) a leaping fish curves
34. 34.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) fast move, fewer frames (b) a leaping fish curves (c) tail wags after a halt (d) ball squashes on landing
35. 35.🎬 A small move the opposite way before the main action is … (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) timing (d) anticipation
36. 36.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) ears flop after landing (b) a thrown ball curves (c) cape keeps moving on (d) a jelly squishes flat
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a leaping fish curves (b) a thrown ball curves (c) a car eases to a stop (d) arm swings in a curve
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheeks squash in a grin (b) cat stretches mid-leap (c) wind-up before a kick (d) a jelly squishes flat
39. 39.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “fast move, fewer frames”? (a) follow-through (b) arcs (c) slow in and slow out (d) timing
40. 40.🎬 Starting and ending a move gently, with more frames near the stops, is … (a) arcs (b) anticipation (c) squash and stretch (d) slow in and slow out

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