Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 173 · 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) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper

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