Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 452 · 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 stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
15. 15.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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