Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 773 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages

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