Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 552 · 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) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model

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