Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 961 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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