Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 192 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ 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) two birds (d) an empty cage
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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