Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 472 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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