Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 746 · 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 greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step

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