Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 287 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
23. 23.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
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 kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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