Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 235 · 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.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
14. 14.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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