Deck 6: Animation Part I: Brief History and Basics

Question 1

Animation has been in existence for a much longer time than digital animation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Photoglyphs consisted of symbols and pictures of objects from Egyptian life.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Thaumotrope used a small round disc with pieces of string and a disk with pictures on either side.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The kinetoscope included a series of images and these were drawn (or printed and pasted) around one disk and it also included a second disk whose movements are synchronized with the first disk.

Question 5

Over the centuries, puppetry has remained a highly successful medium used to entertain and communicate ideas using animation.

Question 6

The flip book is also known as the flick book in some parts of the world and one of its original names was the 'kineograph'.

Question 7

Momentum refers to the distance traveled by an object over a period of time.

Question 8

Pottery, the art of molding and shaping clay into various forms, can be analogized to the various types of 3D lighting.

Question 9

It is a very simple device consisting of a box with a small hole on one side and the inverted image of the scene is formed.

Question 10

Various forms of motion capture and performance animation are grounded on the basic principles of painting and lighting.

Question 11

According to theory of 'persistence of motion', an image persists (continues) to appear to human eyes even after we stop looking at the actual image, which enable us to perceive the motion as being continuous.

Question 12

Force includes both direction and magnitude and hence is a vector quantity.

Question 13

The gravity on the surface on the moon is approximately 6 times stronger than that on the surface of the earth.

Question 14

In live motion capture the motion data from the performers of the dance or stunt sequences is first obtained and then refined.

Question 15

The 12 Principles of Animation were originally developed around the 1930s by animators in the Disney© studios

Question 16

Force is equal to velocity multiplied by the mass of an object.

Question 17

Speed refers to the distance traveled by an object over a period of time.

Question 18

Distance and displacement are exactly the same thing.

Question 19

Velocity is considered as the corresponding vector quantity for the scalar quantity speed.

Question 20

Velocity is the product of mass and gravity.

Question 21

Which of the following was not used for painting or coloring in prehistoric times?

A) Charcoal
B) Dirt
C) Fat
D) Synthetic paint
E) None of the above

Question 22

_____________a very simple device consisting of a box with a small hole on one side and the inverted image of the scene is formed

A) Camera Obscura
B) Camera
C) Kaleidoscope
D) Phenakistoscope
E) None of the above

Question 23

The ____________ used a small round disc with pieces of string and a disk with pictures on either side.

A) Thaumotrope
B) Zoetrope
C) Phenakistoscope
D) CRT Amusement Device
E) Kinetoscope

Question 24

The ____________ used a small round disc with pieces of string and a disk with pictures on either side.

A) Thaumotrope
B) Zoetrope
C) Phenakistoscope
D) CRT Amusement Device
E) Kinetoscope

Question 25

________________ was invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann which allowed 'interaction' based on analog electronics.

A) Thaumotrope
B) Zoetrope
C) Phenakistoscope
D) CRT Amusement Device
E) Kinetoscope

Question 26

Ivan Sutherland designed ____________, a device that allowed users to interact with a user interface (UI) with a light pen.

A) Thaumotrope
B) Zoetrope
C) Sketchpad
D) CRT Amusement Device
E) Periscope

Question 27

Which of the following is most relevant to motion capture and animation

A) Painting
B) Pottery
C) Drawing
D) Coloring
E) Puppetry

Question 28

Which of the following is not a material that was used to make puppets in ancient centuries?

A) Wood
B) Clay
C) Ivory
D) Plastic
E) None of the above

Question 29

Which of the following country/countries have contributed to puppetry?

A) India
B) China
C) Turkey
D) Egypt
E) All the above

Question 30

The flip book was also originally known as the ___________

A) Praxinoscope
B) Kinetoscope
C) Kinetophone
D) Kineograph
E) All the above

Question 31

________________was an art form based on the magic lantern, used projected images to create an interaction simulating animation.

A) Theater
B) Mime
C) Vaudeville
D) Phantasmagoria
E) Opera

Question 32

Pottery can be compared with which of the following

A) Storyboarding
B) Scripting
C) Modeling
D) Animation
E) Rigging

Question 33

The ___________ included a series of images and these were drawn (or printed and pasted) around one disk and a second disk whose movements are synchronized with the first disk.

A) Praxinoscope
B) Phenakistoscope
C) Kinetophone
D) Kineograph
E) All the above

Question 34

The ___________, a sizeable apparatus, consisted of an enclosed box in which a looped strip of film was passed between a lens and an electric light bulb.

A) Praxinoscope
B) Phenakistoscope
C) Kinetoscope
D) Kineograph
E) All the above

Question 35

The word ___________ was derived from the Greek language indicating 'to watch or behold'

A) Cinema
B) Art
C) Theater
D) Parlor
E) All the above

Question 36

The sketchpad was invented by ___________

A) Isaac Newton
B) Albert Einstein
C) Ivan Sutherland
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) All the above

Question 37

In ___________, puppets are held against a luminous see-through background, which may be illuminated by light sources.

A) Shadow-play
B) Art
C) Theater
D) Parlor
E) All the above

Question 38

__________ is considered to be the earliest known form of one of the most advanced forms of today's animation known as 'performance animation'.

A) Puppetry
B) Art
C) Pottery
D) Parlor
E) None of the above

Question 39

The __________ is considered a predecessor to the projector.

A) Thaumatrope
B) Arkoscope
C) Magic Lantern
D) Parlor
E) None of the above

Question 40

Which of the following is a unit for measuring distance?

A) Inches
B) Foot
C) Kilometer
D) Mile
E) All the above