Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 102 · 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.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper

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