Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 15 · 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 kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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