Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 799 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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