Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 671 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.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 rigged digital model
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ 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
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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