Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 281 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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