Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 511 · 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) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
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.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🎞️ 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
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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