Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 272 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.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
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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