Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 952 · 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 a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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