Animation Worksheet: Principles of Animation

Animation and design lesson 6: Principles of animation · Set 780 · 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: “crouch before a jump” shows follow-through. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ball squashes on landing”? (a) follow-through (b) slow in and slow out (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
3. 3.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) wind-up before a kick (b) a jelly squishes flat (c) hair swings after a stop (d) more frames near stops
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ears flop after landing (b) arm swings in a curve (c) a head turns in a curve (d) a leaping fish curves
5. 5.Which of these shows arcs? (a) a jelly squishes flat (b) cape keeps moving on (c) wind-up before a kick (d) a leaping fish curves
6. 6.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “fast move, fewer frames”? (a) arcs (b) slow in and slow out (c) timing (d) squash and stretch
7. 7.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cape keeps moving on”? (a) follow-through (b) anticipation (c) timing (d) arcs
8. 8.True or false: “heavy things move slowly” is about timing. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) more frames near stops (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) arm pulls back to throw
10. 10.True or false: “a car eases to a stop” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ears flop after landing”? (a) timing (b) arcs (c) follow-through (d) squash and stretch
12. 12.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a jelly squishes flat”? (a) arcs (b) slow in and slow out (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
13. 13.🎬 Which principle makes a bouncing ball look soft and bendy? (a) arcs (b) anticipation (c) timing (d) squash and stretch
14. 14.🎬 In squash and stretch, the object’s amount (volume) should … (a) change colour (b) shrink to nothing (c) stay about the same (d) double each time
15. 15.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) crouch before a jump (b) ears flop after landing (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) tail wags after a halt
16. 16.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cat stretches mid-leap”? (a) timing (b) slow in and slow out (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
17. 17.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “crouch before a jump”? (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) anticipation (d) slow in and slow out
18. 18.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) arcs (b) squash and stretch (c) timing (d) anticipation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift starts gently (b) heavy things move slowly (c) slow move, more frames (d) fast move, fewer frames
20. 20.True or false: “more frames near stops” shows slow in and slow out. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) tail wags after a halt (b) cheeks squash in a grin (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) crouch before a jump
22. 22.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) a breath before a shout (b) more frames near stops (c) tail wags after a halt (d) arm pulls back to throw
23. 23.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “hair swings after a stop”? (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) follow-through (d) arcs
24. 24.True or false: “arm pulls back to throw” shows squash and stretch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “more frames near stops”? (a) arcs (b) timing (c) anticipation (d) slow in and slow out
26. 26.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) arm pulls back to throw (b) ears flop after landing (c) a car eases to a stop (d) more frames near stops
27. 27.True or false: “a head turns in a curve” shows anticipation. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “crouch before a jump” shows anticipation. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a lift starts gently”? (a) timing (b) slow in and slow out (c) arcs (d) squash and stretch
30. 30.🎬 A small move the opposite way before the main action is … (a) timing (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) follow-through
31. 31.True or false: “hair swings after a stop” shows follow-through. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) a breath before a shout (b) cape keeps moving on (c) wind-up before a kick (d) cheeks squash in a grin
33. 33.🎬 Starting and ending a move gently, with more frames near the stops, is … (a) squash and stretch (b) slow in and slow out (c) anticipation (d) arcs
34. 34.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a leaping fish curves”? (a) arcs (b) follow-through (c) timing (d) squash and stretch
35. 35.Which of these is about timing? (a) slow move, more frames (b) arm swings in a curve (c) wind-up before a kick (d) a leaping fish curves
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a leaping fish curves (b) arm swings in a curve (c) a breath before a shout (d) a head turns in a curve
37. 37.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a car eases to a stop”? (a) timing (b) anticipation (c) arcs (d) slow in and slow out
38. 38.True or false: “arm swings in a curve” shows slow in and slow out. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) cheeks squash in a grin (b) ball squashes on landing (c) cat stretches mid-leap (d) a lift starts gently
40. 40.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) anticipation (b) timing (c) follow-through (d) arcs

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