Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 49 · 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) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
3. 3.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
39. 39.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 computer-built model
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world

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