Animation and Video Worksheet: Final Test
Creator's tip (Find the topic, use the idea): Find the topic: animation, design or video. Use that lesson’s rule — frames = seconds × fps; pixels = width × height; clips add up. For choices, ask what the job needs: the place, the feeling, the file, the reader or your privacy.
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- 1.🎬 How many frames a move takes is called … (a) anticipation (b) squash and stretch (c) timing (d) arcs
- 2.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “a softer side light”? (a) key light (b) back light (c) fill light
- 3.✂️ A clip is 22 seconds long. You trim 3 seconds off the start and 5 seconds off the end. How long is it now (in seconds)?
- 4.📋 Script, storyboard or animatic: “a rough moving preview”? (a) the animatic (b) the script (c) the storyboard
- 5.True or false: “leave a hand in shot” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📒 A flipbook needs 46 pages. You have drawn 44. How many pages are still to draw?
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ball squashes on landing (b) cat stretches mid-leap (c) arm swings in a curve (d) a jelly squishes flat
- 8.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 1 and frame 11. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 9.🟦 You shrink a 660 × 300 pixel image to half its width and half its height. How many pixels does it have now?
- 10.💾 Which file type suits a short looping cartoon? (a) PDF (b) MP4 (c) GIF (d) PNG
- 11.©️ Which images are safest to use in a school project? (a) a film poster (b) a shop’s logo (c) your own or free-to-use (d) any online image
- 12.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 13.🎬 A clip has 66 frames and plays at 12 fps. How many seconds long is it? =
- 14.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔢 To make a stop-motion film, which is the FIRST step? (a) repeat photo and move (b) build the set and models (c) fix the camera in place (d) take one photo
- 16.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a tower look grand? (a) a bird’s-eye view (b) a low angle (c) eye level (d) a high angle
- 17.🔤 Text is set at 8 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 18.✂️ You join 5 clips of 10 seconds each. Each transition between two clips overlaps them by 1 second. How long is the video (in seconds)?
- 19.🎵 A song is 140 seconds long but your video is 90 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 20.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 21.True or false: “outlines hair and edges” is the fill light. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🎥 Which shot best shows the whole playground? (a) a medium shot (b) a wide shot (c) a detail shot (d) a close-up
- 23.🎥 Which camera angle would you use to make a bully look weak? (a) eye level (b) a bird’s-eye view (c) a low angle (d) a high angle
- 24.📐 Which design principle is this: “captions on a grid”? (a) hierarchy (b) balance (c) contrast (d) alignment
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) reach the big moment (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
- 26.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script (c) storyboard your shots (d) choose your idea
- 28.✂️ Which editing tool or part is this: “words on screen”? (a) a cut (b) a title (c) trimming (d) the timeline
- 29.✂️ A clip is 55 seconds long. You trim 1 seconds off the start and 3 seconds off the end. How long is it now (in seconds)?
- 30.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) cape keeps moving on (b) fast move, fewer frames (c) a jelly squishes flat (d) a car eases to a stop
- 31.True or false: “a sketch of each shot” is part of the animatic. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “a mirror-image layout” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎬 An animation at 12 fps is drawn “on twos” (each drawing is shown for 2 frames). How many drawings are needed for 3 seconds?
- 34.🎥 Holding a phone sideways for most videos gives a … (a) tiny frame (b) round frame (c) tall frame (d) wide (landscape) frame
- 35.🎨 Which element of design is this: “a thin dividing stroke”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) typography
- 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) balance (b) contrast (c) alignment (d) proximity
- 37.⏱️ How many seconds is 9 minutes 2 seconds?
- 38.🖼️ A poster is 36 cm wide with a 1 cm margin on the left and on the right. How wide is the space for content (in cm)?
- 39.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “a breath before a shout”? (a) timing (b) anticipation (c) squash and stretch (d) follow-through
- 40.🎬 In squash and stretch, the object’s amount (volume) should … (a) stay about the same (b) double each time (c) shrink to nothing (d) change colour
Answer key
- timing
- fill light
- 14
- the animatic
- True
- 2
- arm swings in a curve
- 9
- 49500
- GIF
- your own or free-to-use
- 120
- 5.5
- False
- build the set and models
- a low angle
- 12
- 46
- 50
- introduce the character
- False
- a wide shot
- a high angle
- alignment
- wrap up the story
- 1.75
- share it safely
- a title
- 51
- a jelly squishes flat
- False
- True
- 18
- wide (landscape) frame
- line
- contrast
- 542
- 34
- anticipation
- stay about the same
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