Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 3 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
7. 7.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
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.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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