Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 875 · 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) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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