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.📐 Which design principle is this: “pictures in a neat line”? (a) proximity (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) alignment
- 2.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “softens dark shadows”? (a) fill light (b) back light (c) key light
- 3.True or false: “shoot by a sunny window” is a poor stop-motion tip. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: your full name is safe to share. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: six fonts on one page is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these should be kept private? (a) a poster you designed (b) a science fair project (c) your pet’s trick (d) your school name
- 7.True or false: “tail wags after a halt” shows follow-through. (a) False (b) True
- 8.📋 Each storyboard page holds 6 panels. How many panels fit on 6 pages?
- 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
- 10.🎬 Frames = seconds × … (a) pixels (b) minutes (c) pages (d) frames per second
- 11.True or false: a wide shot best shows where the story happens. (a) True (b) False
- 12.⏱️ A 19-second clip is slowed to half speed (slow motion). How long does it last now (in seconds)?
- 13.True or false: “chop off a slow start” is a title. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📋 A storyboard drawing should be … (a) quick and simple (b) perfect and coloured (c) very detailed (d) in 3D
- 15.🎵 A song is 40 seconds long but your video is 33 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 16.True or false: “move in tiny steps” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these shows follow-through? (a) cat stretches mid-leap (b) hair swings after a stop (c) slow move, more frames (d) wind-up before a kick
- 18.True or false: a holiday photo is best saved as JPG. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 20.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “repeat to the last page” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page
- 21.📐 A layout that feels evenly weighted, not tipping to one side, has … (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) contrast (d) balance
- 22.🧸 Why must the camera stay perfectly still? (a) to save battery (b) so photos are blurry (c) so the set does not jump (d) to make it louder
- 23.⏱️ A video has three clips of 54, 8 and 54 seconds. How long is the video (in seconds)?
- 24.🎬 An animation plays at 25 frames per second (fps). How many frames are in 10 seconds?
- 25.🎬 Natural movements follow curved paths called … (a) anticipation (b) timing (c) follow-through (d) arcs
- 26.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 27.Which of these is best saved as PDF? (a) a poster to print (b) a short looping cartoon (c) a holiday photo (d) a recorded school play
- 28.🎬 A clip has 96 frames and plays at 24 fps. How many seconds long is it? =
- 29.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 3 and frame 7. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 30.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) ten ideas (c) no idea (d) one clear idea
- 31.🖼️ Clearer or less clear poster: facts scattered anywhere? (a) less clear layout (b) clearer layout
- 32.📋 Script, storyboard or animatic: “the story in words”? (a) the storyboard (b) the script (c) the animatic
- 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎬 An animation at 24 fps is drawn “on twos” (each drawing is shown for 2 frames). How many drawings are needed for 1 second?
- 35.⏱️ How many seconds is 9 minutes 6 seconds?
- 36.💡 Which light in three-point lighting: “a softer side light”? (a) back light (b) key light (c) fill light
- 37.📸 A video frame is 870 pixels wide. You split it into thirds with two vertical lines. How many pixels from the left edge is the first line?
- 38.True or false: “bump the table often” is a good stop-motion tip. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧸 A stop-motion film plays at 15 photos per second. How many photos do you need for 6 seconds?
- 40.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) analogous (c) complementary (d) triadic
Answer key
- alignment
- fill light
- True
- False
- False
- your school name
- True
- 36
- puppets moved bit by bit
- frames per second
- True
- 38
- False
- quick and simple
- 7
- True
- hair swings after a stop
- True
- 15
- pick a simple idea
- balance
- so the set does not jump
- 116
- 250
- arcs
- in-between
- a poster to print
- 4
- 3
- one clear idea
- less clear layout
- the script
- False
- 12
- 546
- fill light
- 290
- False
- 90
- analogous
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