Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 470 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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