Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 228 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.🎞️ 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
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.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) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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