Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 891 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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