Deck 1: Production Pipeline and Pre-Production

Question 1

The first step in Pre-production involves working on the computer to create your model.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A rendering can be thought of as a visually-narrated script.

Answer 2

False
Explanation:A storyboard can be thought of as a visually-narrated script.

Question 3

In a typical feature film, the 1.5 or 2 hours of movie that you see in a theater have actually been edited from a hundred thousand feet of film.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Digital animation and modeling today have borrowed immensely from the traditional crafts such as opera, play, theater, puppetry, etc.

Question 5

The more detailed a storyboard, the clearer the communication.

Question 6

You do not need to be an artist to be good at storyboarding.

Question 7

A storyboards consists of a sequence of static images displayed with a simultaneous musical score or sound track.

Question 8

An animatic, also known as a story reel, is also used to pitch an idea to a client.

Question 9

The production pipeline represents the basic framework used to develop the animation.

Question 10

According to SMART, at the very simplest form, an animation would typically require a style, monitor, animation, rendering, and test reel.

Question 11

Normally, a long shot shows the face or the head of the character in clear view.

Question 12

Camera Location refers to the angle or the direction in which the camera is facing.

Question 13

Segment is the last step in the 5S breakdown

Question 14

Framing height (or camera framing) is the distance between the camera and the character, and is actually more about how much of the character is viewed by or shown to the audience.

Question 15

The basic idea behind thumbnails is to flush out ideas and explore.

Question 16

Modeling is the process of creating or recreating the physical form of an object.

Question 17

A full shot (FS) or wide shots (WS) is used for staging or establishing the scene.

Question 18

Long shots portray a character from the thigh or the waist and above.

Question 19

Extreme Close Ups can be used even on inanimate objects to intensify specific features.

Question 20

Zoom lines are used to explain the zoom in or zoom out process.

Question 21

__________ represents the acronym discussed in this chapter that stands for the processes that typically constitute the making an animation.

A) SMART
B) MARS
C) SORT
D) STAR
E) None of the above

Question 22

Behind every great animation is a great

A) Rendering Engine
B) Computer
C) Display
D) Story
E) None of the above

Question 23

The _________ refers to the degree or the amount of the scene (the environment) that can be viewed at a particular instance

A) Camera Location
B) Orientation
C) Field of view
D) Spectrum
E) None of the above

Question 24

_______________ is the distance between the camera and the character, and is actually more about how much of the character is viewed by or shown to the audience.

A) Framing Height
B) Frame width
C) Lens Height
D) Angle of view
E) None of the above

Question 25

_______ shots portray a character from the waist and above.

A) Long
B) Wide
C) Close
D) Medium
E) None of the above

Question 26

Normally, a _______ shot shows the face or the head of the character in clear view.

A) Long
B) Wide
C) Close up
D) Medium
E) None of the above

Question 27

_______ close-up shots can be thought of as constricted close-up shots

A) Long
B) Wide
C) Extreme
D) Medium
E) None of the above

Question 28

Storyboard _________ refer to descriptive comments or explanations added to the storyboard.

A) Plots
B) Annotations
C) Arrows
D) Boxes
E) None of the above

Question 29

An animatic is also known as a_________.

A) Model sketch
B) Story reel
C) Rendering
D) Anime
E) None of the above

Question 30

______ are the basic building blocks of an animation video.

A) Sequences
B) Shots
C) Segments
D) Streams
E) None of the above

Question 31

In the 5S mnemonic explained in the chapter, the third S stands for ______

A) Shot
B) Scene
C) Sequence
D) Segment
E) Story

Question 32

Long shots are also referred to as

A) Extreme Close Up Shots
B) Medium Shots
C) Medium Close Up Shots
D) Full Shots
E) None of the above

Question 33

Which of the following offers a close, but not that close of a view of the subject?

A) Extreme Close Up Shots
B) Medium Shots
C) Medium Close Up Shots
D) Full Shots
E) None of the above

Question 34

In the 5S mnemonic explained in the chapter, the fifth S stands for ______

A) Shot
B) Scene
C) Sequence
D) Segment
E) Story

Question 35

In the 5S mnemonic explained in the chapter, the second S stands for ______

A) Shot
B) Scene
C) Sequence
D) Segment
E) Story

Question 36

Modeling can be used in which of the following areas?

A) Architecture
B) Video Games
C) Motion Picture
D) Education
E) All the above

Question 37

Long shots are also referred to as

A) Extreme Close Up Shots
B) Medium Shots
C) Medium Close Up Shots
D) Wide Shots
E) None of the above

Question 38

___________ is the distance between the camera and the character, and is actually more about how much of the character is viewed by or shown to the audience.

A) Extreme height
B) Framing height
C) Camera height
D) Full height
E) None of the above

Question 39

FOV stands for

A) Film view
B) Field of view
C) Full view
D) Frontal View
E) All the above

Question 40

The S in the SMART mnemonic stands for

A) Shot
B) Segment
C) Segment.
D) Story
E) None of the above