Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 448 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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