Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 214 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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