Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 218 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
9. 9.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds

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