Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 996 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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