Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 212 · 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 computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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