Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 529 · 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 kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.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) flipbook pages
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds

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