Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 710 · 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 stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF 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 virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures

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