Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 149 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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