Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 76 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world

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