Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 1 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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