Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 688 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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