Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 243 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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