Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 201 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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