Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 308 · 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 stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
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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