Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 251 · 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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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