Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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