Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 430 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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