Question
For 10 points each, answer the following about animated techniques used in the Spiderverse franchise:
[10e] In order to emphasize his nonconformity, Spider-Punk is animated on threes rather than twos, meaning that each drawing is held for longer if this quantity is fixed. This quantity is commonly measured in fps.
ANSWER: frame rate [accept frames per second; accept frame frequency; prompt on frames]
[10m] To produce lighting effects, Spider-Verse often uses this shading technique. This process, named after a nineteenth-century illustrator, uses closely-spaced or overlapping small circles to create illusory effects.
ANSWER: Ben-Day dots [accept Ben-Day process]
[10h] To avoid motion blur, Spiderverse instead depicts rapid motion with a technique called smearing, which was pioneered by this animator in The Dover Boys. This director of Fast and Furry-ous created the first cartoon short inducted in the National Film Registry.
ANSWER: Chuck Jones [or Charles Martin Jones] (The cartoon is What’s Opera, Doc?)
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