Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 527 · 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 computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
38. 38.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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