Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 456 · 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.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon

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