Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 301 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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