Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 649 · 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 a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.🎞️ 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
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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