Animation Worksheet: Principles of Animation

Animation and design lesson 6: Principles of animation · Set 317 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a car eases to a stop (b) a lift starts gently (c) more frames near stops (d) arm pulls back to throw
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) heavy things move slowly (b) slow move, more frames (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) ball squashes on landing
3. 3.🎬 A small move the opposite way before the main action is … (a) timing (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) follow-through
4. 4.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) timing (d) squash and stretch
5. 5.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) follow-through (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) timing
6. 6.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) a leaping fish curves (b) a lift starts gently (c) more frames near stops (d) cape keeps moving on
7. 7.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “tail wags after a halt”? (a) anticipation (b) timing (c) follow-through (d) squash and stretch
8. 8.True or false: “ball squashes on landing” shows slow in and slow out. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “wind-up before a kick”? (a) slow in and slow out (b) anticipation (c) arcs (d) follow-through
10. 10.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) cheeks squash in a grin (b) a head turns in a curve (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) a lift starts gently
11. 11.Which of these is about timing? (a) slow move, more frames (b) wind-up before a kick (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) cheeks squash in a grin
12. 12.True or false: “cape keeps moving on” shows squash and stretch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎬 Which principle makes a bouncing ball look soft and bendy? (a) arcs (b) timing (c) anticipation (d) squash and stretch
14. 14.True or false: “ball squashes on landing” shows squash and stretch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arm pulls back to throw (b) a leaping fish curves (c) a breath before a shout (d) wind-up before a kick
16. 16.True or false: “fast move, fewer frames” is about timing. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a car eases to a stop (b) cape keeps moving on (c) more frames near stops (d) a lift starts gently
18. 18.True or false: “cape keeps moving on” shows follow-through. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎬 Parts that keep moving after the body stops show … (a) squash and stretch (b) follow-through (c) anticipation (d) arcs
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a head turns in a curve (b) crouch before a jump (c) arm pulls back to throw (d) a breath before a shout
21. 21.True or false: “a lift starts gently” is about timing. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is about timing? (a) a breath before a shout (b) a leaping fish curves (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) wind-up before a kick
23. 23.True or false: “more frames near stops” shows slow in and slow out. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a thrown ball curves”? (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) slow in and slow out (d) timing
25. 25.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cape keeps moving on”? (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) squash and stretch (d) slow in and slow out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) wind-up before a kick (b) cheeks squash in a grin (c) crouch before a jump (d) a breath before a shout
27. 27.True or false: “wind-up before a kick” shows squash and stretch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) tail wags after a halt (b) arm swings in a curve (c) a breath before a shout (d) crouch before a jump
29. 29.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) crouch before a jump (b) arm pulls back to throw (c) cat stretches mid-leap (d) hair swings after a stop
30. 30.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) slow move, more frames (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) a leaping fish curves (d) a breath before a shout
31. 31.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “slow move, more frames”? (a) arcs (b) anticipation (c) squash and stretch (d) timing
32. 32.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a car eases to a stop”? (a) follow-through (b) squash and stretch (c) timing (d) slow in and slow out
33. 33.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a jelly squishes flat”? (a) arcs (b) squash and stretch (c) anticipation (d) timing
34. 34.🎬 In squash and stretch, the object’s amount (volume) should … (a) shrink to nothing (b) double each time (c) stay about the same (d) change colour
35. 35.True or false: “arm pulls back to throw” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “crouch before a jump” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) slow move, more frames (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) wind-up before a kick (d) heavy things move slowly
38. 38.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) a car eases to a stop (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) fast move, fewer frames
39. 39.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) a head turns in a curve (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) cheeks squash in a grin (d) arm pulls back to throw
40. 40.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cheeks squash in a grin”? (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) squash and stretch (d) follow-through

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