Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 458 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
3. 3.🔍 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
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film

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