Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 7 · 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.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
12. 12.🎞️ 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
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel

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