Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 387 · 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 stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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