Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 349 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
38. 38.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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