Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 528 · 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 clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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