Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 509 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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