Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 31 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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