Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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