Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 415 · 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 flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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