Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 5 · 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) poster (c) font (d) frame
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) nothing at all
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character

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