Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 62 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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