TSA Animation Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
____________ is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the
unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances, such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research - ANSWER-Fair Use
_____________ is any intangible product created from human intellect, such as items
that can be patented, copyrighted, or trademarked as well as trade secrets - ANSWER-
Intellectual Property
______________ means fully concentrating on what is being said, making eye contact,
and appearing attentive, rather than just passively 'hearing' the message of the speaker
- ANSWER-Active Listening
_________________ was the first cartoon to feature a character with a fully developed,
appealing personality and was the predecessor to later popular cartoons such as those
by Walt Disney - ANSWER-Gertie the Dinosaur
A ____________ gives you exclusive rights to print, display, distribute and perform
anything that you have created - ANSWER-Copyright
A controller that can help to limit an object's position, rotation, or scale through a binding
relationship with another object - ANSWER-Constraint
A marketing campaign has been plagiarized. What is the effect on the business -
ANSWER-Financial loss
A NURB is useful for constructing many types of organic 3D forms because of the
smooth and minimal nature of the curves they use to construct surfaces. What does the
acronym NURB mean - ANSWER-Non-uniform Rational B-Spline
A period of time before a deadline in which artists are required to put in extra overtime,
often working nights and weekends - ANSWER-Crunch Time
A single still image in an animated sequence that occurs at an important point in the
animation. They are defined throughout the animated sequence in order to define
pivotal points of motion before the frames in between are drawn or created - ANSWER-
Keyframe
A standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that
represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment is a
_____________ - ANSWER-Stereotype
, A storyboard includes? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) - ANSWER-Camera Angles
Timings
Location
Stage Directions
A storyboard is used to show the _____________ and flow of scenes in a moving image
product such as a video or animation - ANSWER-sequence
Actors wear sensors that record their motions. This is then used to animate digital
character models in 2D or 3D computer animation - ANSWER-Motion Capture
Animation
An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language, thoughts, imagery, etc.
created by someone else without authorization and representing that work as your own
is called _________ - ANSWER-Plagiarism
Animation produced by arranging real objects, taking a picture of them, slightly
repositioning them, then taking another picture of them, to create a sequence of
consecutive images that create the illusion of motion. One of the most common forms of
this is claymation - ANSWER-Stop Motion
Corresponds to what would be called charisma in an actor. A character who is not
necessarily sympathetic - villains or monsters can also fall under this principle - the
important thing is that the viewer feels the character is real and interesting - ANSWER-
Appeal
Cost of production and overhead costs, such as supplies, labor, rent, and other
expenses should be factored into the ______________ of your products in order to
make a profit - ANSWER-Pricing
Elements of a "rig" that influence movement of a 3D model - ANSWER-Bones
Filing a _____________ registers a logo or slogan to be displayed on goods or services
for public record - ANSWER-Trademark
Filing a ____________, similar to a "doing business as" name, registers a business
name for public records - ANSWER-Trade Name
Gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. It is used in all forms
of character animation from a bouncing ball to the body weight of a person walking -
ANSWER-Slow In and Slow Out
How are soft shadows achieved - ANSWER-Diffuse the light
How are soft shadows created - ANSWER-Diffuse the light
Complete Solutions
____________ is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the
unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances, such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research - ANSWER-Fair Use
_____________ is any intangible product created from human intellect, such as items
that can be patented, copyrighted, or trademarked as well as trade secrets - ANSWER-
Intellectual Property
______________ means fully concentrating on what is being said, making eye contact,
and appearing attentive, rather than just passively 'hearing' the message of the speaker
- ANSWER-Active Listening
_________________ was the first cartoon to feature a character with a fully developed,
appealing personality and was the predecessor to later popular cartoons such as those
by Walt Disney - ANSWER-Gertie the Dinosaur
A ____________ gives you exclusive rights to print, display, distribute and perform
anything that you have created - ANSWER-Copyright
A controller that can help to limit an object's position, rotation, or scale through a binding
relationship with another object - ANSWER-Constraint
A marketing campaign has been plagiarized. What is the effect on the business -
ANSWER-Financial loss
A NURB is useful for constructing many types of organic 3D forms because of the
smooth and minimal nature of the curves they use to construct surfaces. What does the
acronym NURB mean - ANSWER-Non-uniform Rational B-Spline
A period of time before a deadline in which artists are required to put in extra overtime,
often working nights and weekends - ANSWER-Crunch Time
A single still image in an animated sequence that occurs at an important point in the
animation. They are defined throughout the animated sequence in order to define
pivotal points of motion before the frames in between are drawn or created - ANSWER-
Keyframe
A standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that
represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment is a
_____________ - ANSWER-Stereotype
, A storyboard includes? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) - ANSWER-Camera Angles
Timings
Location
Stage Directions
A storyboard is used to show the _____________ and flow of scenes in a moving image
product such as a video or animation - ANSWER-sequence
Actors wear sensors that record their motions. This is then used to animate digital
character models in 2D or 3D computer animation - ANSWER-Motion Capture
Animation
An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language, thoughts, imagery, etc.
created by someone else without authorization and representing that work as your own
is called _________ - ANSWER-Plagiarism
Animation produced by arranging real objects, taking a picture of them, slightly
repositioning them, then taking another picture of them, to create a sequence of
consecutive images that create the illusion of motion. One of the most common forms of
this is claymation - ANSWER-Stop Motion
Corresponds to what would be called charisma in an actor. A character who is not
necessarily sympathetic - villains or monsters can also fall under this principle - the
important thing is that the viewer feels the character is real and interesting - ANSWER-
Appeal
Cost of production and overhead costs, such as supplies, labor, rent, and other
expenses should be factored into the ______________ of your products in order to
make a profit - ANSWER-Pricing
Elements of a "rig" that influence movement of a 3D model - ANSWER-Bones
Filing a _____________ registers a logo or slogan to be displayed on goods or services
for public record - ANSWER-Trademark
Filing a ____________, similar to a "doing business as" name, registers a business
name for public records - ANSWER-Trade Name
Gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. It is used in all forms
of character animation from a bouncing ball to the body weight of a person walking -
ANSWER-Slow In and Slow Out
How are soft shadows achieved - ANSWER-Diffuse the light
How are soft shadows created - ANSWER-Diffuse the light
