Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 581 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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