Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 478 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
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) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages

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