Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 25 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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