Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 438 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.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) flipbook pages
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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