Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 159 · 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) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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