Animation Quiz Unit 2

What is animation?

• The technology used to create special effects in movies

• The art form used to illustrate motion

• The process of bringing inanimate objects to life

• The technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement

Who is considered the world's first animator?

• The Lumiere brothers

• Thomas Edison

• Francis Ford Coppola

• Emile Reynaud

What is the thaumatrope?

• An early optical toy that merges two images to create animation

• A device used to project moving images

• A type of movie projector

• A tool used to create flipbook animations

What is persistence of vision?

• The way our eyes and brains process images

• The illusion of continuously moving images

• The technique used to create realistic CGI

• The process of drawing images for animation

What is a zoetrope?

• A device that spins images to create animation

• A software used to simulate snow in movies

• A type of movie projector

• A tool used to create flipbook animations

What is the praxinoscope?

• A device that spins images to create animation

• A software used to simulate snow in movies

• An improvement on the zoetrope with mirrors and better image quality

• A type of movie projector

What is the cinematograph?

• A movie projector and camera combined

• A device that spins images to create animation

• A software used to simulate snow in movies

• A tool used to create flipbook animations

What are pegs and light tables used for in flipbook animation?

• To make the process of creating flipbooks easier and save time

• To create realistic CGI effects

• To draw images for animation

• To project moving images

What is tradigital animation?

• The combination of traditional hand-drawn methods with computer-based digital methods

• The technology used to create special effects in movies

• The process of bringing inanimate objects to life

• The technique used to create realistic CGI

What is CGI?

• Computer Generated Imagery used to produce special effects for cinema and television

• The technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement

• The art form used to illustrate motion

• The technology used to create special effects in movies