Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 386 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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