Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 41 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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 is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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