Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 158 · 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 stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?

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