Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 497 · 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 pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
28. 28.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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