Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 51 · 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 has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world

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