🎬 Stuff Every Animation Scout Should Know: the Study Guide

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1. What is animation in simple terms?
   • Playing pictures in sequence to create moving images
   • Painting one single still picture
   • Recording live actors with a camera
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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 rigging in 3D animation?
   • Hanging lights on set
   • Adding a digital skeleton to control a mesh
   • Writing the screenplay
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   Adding a digital skeleton to control a mesh. Rigging adds a digital skeleton so animators can pose a mesh.

3. What is pinscreen animation?
   • Using safety pins
   • Drawing with pens
   • Movable pins casting shadows to make images
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   Movable pins casting shadows to make images. Pins pushed in and out of a screen cast shadows that form images.

4. What is strata-cut animation?
   • Slicing a clay loaf to reveal internal images
   • Cutting film reels
   • Layering paint
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   Slicing a clay loaf to reveal internal images. A clay loaf is sliced thin, each cut photographed to show inner images.

5. What does staging help the audience do?
   • Skip the credits
   • Know where to look
   • Hear the dialogue
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   Know where to look. Staging directs attention so viewers clearly see the important action.