animation
Successive images with small changes appear to move. This topic is part of Film within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 25 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
animation trivia questions
Animation creates the illusion of movement by showing a rapid sequence of what?
Answer: Images
Bonus fact: Successive images with small changes appear to move.
Traditional hand-drawn animation often used transparent sheets called what?
Answer: Cels
Bonus fact: Cels allowed characters to be painted separately from backgrounds.
What animation technique photographs physical objects one frame at a time while moving them slightly between frames?
Answer: Stop-motion
Bonus fact: Stop-motion creates movement from real objects or models.
Stop-motion animation creates movement by photographing objects how?
Answer: One frame at a time
Bonus fact: Objects are moved slightly between exposures.
Which animated character became famous through early Disney short films before feature animation?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
Bonus fact: Steamboat Willie was released in 1928.
What technique creates animation by rendering three-dimensional digital models?
Answer: Computer-generated imagery
Bonus fact: CGI became dominant in mainstream feature animation.
Which material is famously used in clay animation?
Answer: Modeling clay
Bonus fact: Claymation is a popular form of stop motion.
DreamWorks Animation produced which green-ogre film series?
Answer: Shrek
Bonus fact: Shrek became one of DreamWorks Animation's signature franchises.
Which DreamWorks Animation film features a panda named Po?
Answer: Kung Fu Panda
Bonus fact: Po trains to become the Dragon Warrior.
Henry Selick is best known for directing what animation technique?
Answer: Stop-motion animation
Bonus fact: Selick has directed several major stop-motion features.
A short film is shorter than what?
Answer: A feature film
Bonus fact: Shorts can be fiction, documentary, animation, or experimental.
Pixar is best known for producing what kind of films?
Answer: Computer-animated films
Bonus fact: Pixar helped define modern CGI feature animation.