Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 388 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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