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.💡 Where should the main subject go by the rule of thirds? (a) dead centre always (b) off the edge (c) on a line or crossing (d) hidden in a corner
- 2.Which of these is safe to share? (a) your pet’s trick (b) your school name (c) your home address (d) your phone number
- 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
- 4.💾 Which file type suits a looping dance clip? (a) JPG (b) GIF (c) MP4 (d) PNG
- 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
- 6.🟦 To print sharply at 150 pixels per inch, how many pixels wide must a photo be for a 6-inch-wide print?
- 7.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) proximity (b) repetition (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
- 9.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 10.True or false: “crouch before a jump” shows squash and stretch. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “the main, bright light” is the key light. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🎬 An animation at 24 fps is drawn “on twos” (each drawing is shown for 2 frames). How many drawings are needed for 4 seconds?
- 13.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧸 Good or poor stop-motion tip: “switch lamps mid-scene”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 15.✂️ Which editing tool or part is this: “credits at the end”? (a) a title (b) a cut (c) a transition (d) trimming
- 16.📐 Which design principle is this: “repeated bullet icons”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) repetition (d) proximity
- 17.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page (c) flip with your thumb (d) draw the first page
- 18.True or false: to use your own photos is not OK. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎬 A clip has 510 frames and plays at 60 fps. How many seconds long is it? =
- 20.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 4 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 37 pages take?
- 21.🔢 To make an animated film, what comes right after “draw the keyframes”? (a) write the story idea (b) draw the storyboard (c) add the in-betweens (d) share the final film
- 22.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 35-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 23.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “repeat to the last page”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) pick a simple idea
- 24.🖼️ What should a reader see first on a poster? (a) the small print (b) the main headline (c) the page number (d) the margin
- 25.🟦 A 4:3 video frame is 840 pixels wide. How many pixels tall is it?
- 26.⏱️ A video has three clips of 5, 19 and 21 seconds. How long is the video (in seconds)?
- 27.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 163-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
- 29.🎬 Which animation principle is this: “ball squashes on landing”? (a) slow in and slow out (b) timing (c) squash and stretch (d) anticipation
- 30.🎥 Which shot best shows a ladybird’s spots? (a) a close-up (b) a detail shot (c) a medium shot (d) a wide shot
- 31.✂️ Text at the start that names the video is the … (a) shot (b) timeline (c) trim (d) title
- 32.🔤 How many different fonts should most posters use? (a) at least ten (b) none at all (c) two or three at most (d) a new one per word
- 33.Which of these shows squash and stretch? (a) a breath before a shout (b) tail wags after a halt (c) fast move, fewer frames (d) ball squashes on landing
- 34.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) set up the goal (c) the problem is solved (d) meet the main character
- 35.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🟦 You shrink a 300 × 340 pixel image to half its width and half its height. How many pixels does it have now?
- 37.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) trace and change a bit (b) flip with your thumb (c) pick a simple idea (d) draw the first page
- 38.True or false: a detail shot best shows just one eye. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 40.Which of these is best shown with a wide shot? (a) a ladybird’s spots (b) a fingertip on a key (c) where the story happens (d) a ring on a finger
Answer key
- on a line or crossing
- your pet’s trick
- a little further along
- GIF
- a digital 3D character
- 900
- False
- contrast
- keyframe
- False
- True
- 48
- False
- poor tip
- a title
- repetition
- repeat to the last page
- False
- 8.5
- 148
- add the in-betweens
- 31
- pick a simple idea
- the main headline
- 630
- 45
- 154
- a zoetrope
- squash and stretch
- a detail shot
- title
- two or three at most
- ball squashes on landing
- the problem is solved
- True
- 25500
- pick a simple idea
- True
- end
- where the story happens
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