Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 292 · 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) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade

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