Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 317 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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