Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 554 · 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.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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