Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 354 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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