Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 384 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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