Animation Worksheet: Principles of Animation

Animation and design lesson 6: Principles of animation · Set 381 · 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) slow move, more frames (b) a thrown ball curves (c) arm swings in a curve (d) a leaping fish curves
2. 2.Which of these is about timing? (a) tail wags after a halt (b) a lift starts gently (c) ball squashes on landing (d) heavy things move slowly
3. 3.True or false: “a lift starts gently” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) fast move, fewer frames (b) tail wags after a halt (c) a lift starts gently (d) cheeks squash in a grin
5. 5.🎬 Starting and ending a move gently, with more frames near the stops, is … (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) arcs (d) slow in and slow out
6. 6.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) crouch before a jump (b) arm swings in a curve (c) a lift starts gently (d) cape keeps moving on
7. 7.Which of these shows arcs? (a) ball squashes on landing (b) ears flop after landing (c) a leaping fish curves (d) hair swings after a stop
8. 8.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a jelly squishes flat”? (a) anticipation (b) follow-through (c) arcs (d) squash and stretch
9. 9.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cape keeps moving on”? (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) timing (d) anticipation
10. 10.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) ears flop after landing (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) more frames near stops (d) cat stretches mid-leap
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) ball squashes on landing (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) tail wags after a halt
12. 12.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ears flop after landing”? (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) arcs (d) follow-through
13. 13.🎬 Which principle makes a bouncing ball look soft and bendy? (a) arcs (b) timing (c) anticipation (d) squash and stretch
14. 14.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) arcs (b) timing (c) anticipation (d) squash and stretch
15. 15.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “heavy things move slowly”? (a) arcs (b) anticipation (c) timing (d) follow-through
16. 16.True or false: “hair swings after a stop” shows arcs. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows arcs. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎬 A small move the opposite way before the main action is … (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) timing (d) follow-through
19. 19.True or false: “a car eases to a stop” is about timing. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) a leaping fish curves (c) crouch before a jump (d) cape keeps moving on
21. 21.🎬 In squash and stretch, the object’s amount (volume) should … (a) shrink to nothing (b) stay about the same (c) double each time (d) change colour
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast move, fewer frames (b) heavy things move slowly (c) slow move, more frames (d) more frames near stops
23. 23.True or false: “cat stretches mid-leap” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a car eases to a stop” shows arcs. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) timing (d) anticipation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) heavy things move slowly (b) slow move, more frames (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) a jelly squishes flat
27. 27.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “more frames near stops”? (a) slow in and slow out (b) timing (c) arcs (d) squash and stretch
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ball squashes on landing (b) wind-up before a kick (c) crouch before a jump (d) arm pulls back to throw
29. 29.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cat stretches mid-leap”? (a) slow in and slow out (b) follow-through (c) anticipation (d) squash and stretch
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hair swings after a stop (b) tail wags after a halt (c) ears flop after landing (d) heavy things move slowly
31. 31.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a lift starts gently”? (a) anticipation (b) timing (c) slow in and slow out (d) squash and stretch
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ears flop after landing (b) a leaping fish curves (c) tail wags after a halt (d) cape keeps moving on
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thrown ball curves (b) arm swings in a curve (c) crouch before a jump (d) a leaping fish curves
34. 34.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “wind-up before a kick”? (a) squash and stretch (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) timing
35. 35.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) more frames near stops (b) cape keeps moving on (c) a head turns in a curve (d) arm pulls back to throw
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) cape keeps moving on (c) tail wags after a halt (d) hair swings after a stop
37. 37.True or false: “more frames near stops” shows arcs. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “wind-up before a kick” shows anticipation. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hair swings after a stop (b) cape keeps moving on (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) tail wags after a halt
40. 40.True or false: “arm pulls back to throw” shows follow-through. (a) True (b) False

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