Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 318 · 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 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
18. 18.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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