Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 345 · 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 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF

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