Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 177 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting

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