Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 479 · 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 kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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