Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 428 · 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.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
19. 19.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world

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