Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 750 · 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 looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card

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