Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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