Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 183 · 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 computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model

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