Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 504 · 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 a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF

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