Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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