Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 736 · 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.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film

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