Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 181 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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