Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 506 · 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 a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ 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
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?

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