Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 480 · 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) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch

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