Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 223 · 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 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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