Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 949 · 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 happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
10. 10.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
32. 32.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign

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