Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 774 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
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 stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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