Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 488 · 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 kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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