Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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