Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 156 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model

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