Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 683 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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