Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 205 · 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 stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone

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