Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 103 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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