Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 309 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
7. 7.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ 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
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
33. 33.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film

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