Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 213 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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