Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 57 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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