Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 244 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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