Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 457 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model

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