Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 361 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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