Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 342 · 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) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
30. 30.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character

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