Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 107 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign

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