Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 744 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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