Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 442 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper

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