Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 148 · 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 kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook

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