Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 17 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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 kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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