Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 186 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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