Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 436 · 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 stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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