Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 970 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
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) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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