Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 421 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world

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