Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 368 · 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 digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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