Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 290 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
11. 11.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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