Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 525 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
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.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
36. 36.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall

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