Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 182 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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