Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 257 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (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 9 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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