Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 673 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card

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