Animation Worksheet: Principles of Animation

Animation and design lesson 6: Principles of animation · Set 829 · 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 principle makes a bouncing ball look soft and bendy? (a) timing (b) arcs (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
2. 2.Which of these shows slow in and slow out? (a) ball squashes on landing (b) a lift starts gently (c) ears flop after landing (d) a leaping fish curves
3. 3.🎬 Starting and ending a move gently, with more frames near the stops, is … (a) arcs (b) squash and stretch (c) slow in and slow out (d) anticipation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arm pulls back to throw (b) hair swings after a stop (c) a breath before a shout (d) wind-up before a kick
5. 5.🎬 In squash and stretch, the object’s amount (volume) should … (a) shrink to nothing (b) double each time (c) change colour (d) stay about the same
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cape keeps moving on (b) slow move, more frames (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) heavy things move slowly
7. 7.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “wind-up before a kick” shows anticipation. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) follow-through (b) anticipation (c) timing (d) arcs
10. 10.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) arcs (d) timing
11. 11.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) arm swings in a curve (b) ball squashes on landing (c) hair swings after a stop (d) a thrown ball curves
12. 12.True or false: “a head turns in a curve” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows follow-through. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ears flop after landing”? (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) arcs (d) follow-through
15. 15.True or false: “a lift starts gently” shows arcs. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) arm pulls back to throw (b) ball squashes on landing (c) more frames near stops (d) wind-up before a kick
17. 17.True or false: “cat stretches mid-leap” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) heavy things move slowly (b) cheeks squash in a grin (c) cat stretches mid-leap (d) a jelly squishes flat
19. 19.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows anticipation. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is about timing? (a) tail wags after a halt (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) arm swings in a curve (d) ball squashes on landing
21. 21.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) tail wags after a halt (b) a head turns in a curve (c) slow move, more frames (d) a lift starts gently
22. 22.Which of these is about timing? (a) wind-up before a kick (b) a leaping fish curves (c) heavy things move slowly (d) cape keeps moving on
23. 23.Which of these shows arcs? (a) hair swings after a stop (b) a leaping fish curves (c) cheeks squash in a grin (d) cape keeps moving on
24. 24.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “more frames near stops”? (a) slow in and slow out (b) squash and stretch (c) timing (d) anticipation
25. 25.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “slow move, more frames”? (a) squash and stretch (b) follow-through (c) timing (d) anticipation
26. 26.True or false: “arm pulls back to throw” is about timing. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) heavy things move slowly (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) slow move, more frames (d) a head turns in a curve
28. 28.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “cat stretches mid-leap”? (a) anticipation (b) arcs (c) timing (d) squash and stretch
29. 29.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “wind-up before a kick”? (a) squash and stretch (b) arcs (c) anticipation (d) timing
30. 30.True or false: “a breath before a shout” shows slow in and slow out. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these shows anticipation? (a) a lift starts gently (b) slow move, more frames (c) wind-up before a kick (d) a jelly squishes flat
32. 32.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows arcs. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) ears flop after landing (b) more frames near stops (c) a leaping fish curves (d) crouch before a jump
34. 34.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ball squashes on landing”? (a) follow-through (b) anticipation (c) squash and stretch (d) slow in and slow out
35. 35.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a leaping fish curves”? (a) follow-through (b) arcs (c) squash and stretch (d) slow in and slow out
36. 36.Which of these shows arcs? (a) a car eases to a stop (b) crouch before a jump (c) arm pulls back to throw (d) a head turns in a curve
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arm swings in a curve (b) a thrown ball curves (c) a car eases to a stop (d) a leaping fish curves
38. 38.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “arm pulls back to throw”? (a) arcs (b) squash and stretch (c) anticipation (d) follow-through
39. 39.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a jelly squishes flat”? (a) squash and stretch (b) arcs (c) timing (d) anticipation
40. 40.True or false: “arm swings in a curve” shows slow in and slow out. (a) True (b) False

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