Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 358 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting

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