Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 826 · 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 kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ 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
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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