Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 968 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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