Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 114 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
12. 12.🎞️ 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
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
40. 40.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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