Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 122 · 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 framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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