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Stuff Every Animation Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Animation merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What is animation in simple terms?
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    Playing pictures in sequence to create moving images. Animation creates the illusion of movement by showing pictures in order.

  2. What is a flip book?
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    Pages of slightly changing pictures flipped to show motion. Flipping pages fast makes gradually changing pictures appear to move.

  3. What is a zoetrope?
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    A device showing sequential pictures spinning to create motion. A zoetrope spins sequential pictures so viewers see apparent movement.

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  1. What is animation in simple terms?
  2. What is a flip book?
  3. What is a zoetrope?
  4. What does stop motion animation involve?
  5. What is claymation?
  6. What is rotoscoping?
  7. What is a cel in traditional animation?
  8. What is a storyboard used for?
  9. What is a model sheet?
  10. What does a 3D polygon mesh do?
  11. What is rigging in 3D animation?
  12. What does motion capture do?
  13. What is cel shading used for?
  14. What is machinima?
  15. What is pixilation in animation?
  16. What is cutout animation?
  17. What is silhouette animation?
  18. What is sand animation?
  19. What is paint-on-glass animation?
  20. What is drawn-on-film animation?
  21. What is pinscreen animation?
  22. What is an animatronic?
  23. What is an Audio-Animatronic?
  24. What is a magic lantern?
  25. What is a phenakistiscope?
  26. What is limited animation?
  27. What is full animation known for?
  28. What is live-action blending in animation?
  29. What is go motion?
  30. What is object animation?
  31. What is strata-cut animation?
  32. What is paper craft animation?
  33. What is model animation?
  34. What is a cinemagraph?
  35. What is 2.5D animation?
  36. What is a visual development artist's job?
  37. Why do actors record animated voices separately?
  38. What does the word animation mean in Latin?
  39. What is squash and stretch used to show?
  40. What does anticipation prepare the audience for?
  41. What does staging help the audience do?
  42. What does follow through show after a main action?
  43. What does slow in and slow out make motion look like?
  44. What do arcs help animated movement follow?
  45. What is secondary action meant to do?
  46. What does timing control in an animation?
  47. What does exaggeration help communicate?
  48. What does solid drawing help an animator show?
  49. What is appeal in a character design?
  50. What is a thumbnail sketch used for in planning?
  51. What should you do after creating an animation for the badge? 🔒
  52. What can a tour of an animation studio teach you? 🔒
  53. What is one career step to research for animation? 🔒
  54. What is animation contrasted with? 🔒
  55. What is a cartoon usually known for? 🔒
  56. What does CGI stand for in animation? 🔒
  57. What is the phi phenomenon linked to? 🔒
  58. What is a stroboscopic effect? 🔒
  59. What does computer animation often use between key frames? 🔒
  60. Where is animation also used besides films and TV? 🔒
  61. What did the phenakistiscope introduce? 🔒
  62. What did The Haunted Hotel help popularize? 🔒
  63. What is Fantasmagorie known as? 🔒
  64. What did John Randolph Bray and Earl Hurd patent? 🔒
  65. What did Steamboat Willie popularize? 🔒
  66. What was Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed? 🔒
  67. What was Princess Iron Fan known as? 🔒
  68. What was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for Walt Disney Studios? 🔒
  69. When did animation become popular on television? 🔒
  70. What was The Rescuers Down Under the first feature to do? 🔒
  71. What did Toy Story help make dominant? 🔒
  72. Why did many cel studios switch to computer animation? 🔒
  73. What is animation useful for besides entertainment? 🔒
  74. Why is animation popular in TV commercials? 🔒
  75. What award is dedicated to animation excellence? 🔒
  76. When did the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature begin? 🔒
  77. What was Beauty and the Beast the first animated film to receive? 🔒