Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 494 · 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 with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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