Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 633 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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