Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 807 · 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) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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