Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 468 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) two birds
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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