Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 208 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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