Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 26 · 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 a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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