Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 517 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
16. 16.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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