Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 191 · 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) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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