Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 145 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.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 clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?

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