Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 363 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing

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