Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 732 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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