Animation Techniques

Question 1

Describe persistence of vision

Answer 1

the eye keeps seeing an image for a twenty-fifth of a second after the image is no longer there. this means that when a series of frames are seen really quickly, it gives the illusion of movement.

Question 2

what is stop motion?

Answer 2

models are moved small amounts between taking photographs called frames. they are then all put together, making them look like they are moving

Question 3

How does flash/key frames work?

Answer 3

the most important frames are used-the start and end frames. everything else’s filled in automatically by the computer

Question 4

give an advantage and disadvantage of using animation in business

Answer 4

an advantage is that it can attract attention to adverts. a disadvantage is that people can lose patients with long loading times

Question 5

give an advantage and disadvantage of using animation in education

Answer 5

an advantage is that it can be engaging any more enjoyable. A disadvantage is that too much animation can brome a distraction

Question 6

Describe a story board

Answer 6

normally in comic book format. Its a rough document to plan pictures, actions, dialogues and timings of animation

Question 7

what is a frame rate?

Answer 7

this is how fast the animation moves from one frame to another

Question 8

describe rotoscoping

Answer 8

live action is filmed and each frame is traced to give a real life motion

Question 9

Give an advantage and disadvantage of using GIF format in animation

Answer 9

Its widely used but a limited range of colours are available

Question 10

adv and disadv for PNG

Answer 10

Better compression but less popular