Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 764 · 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 kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting

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