Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 332 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model

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