Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 393 · 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.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting

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