Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 401 · 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) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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