Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 967 · 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 computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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