Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 396 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
36. 36.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world

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