Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 647 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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