Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 154 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting

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