Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 804 · 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.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character

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