Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 126 · 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 stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?

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