Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 405 · 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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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