Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 648 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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