Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 530 · 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 a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
14. 14.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
38. 38.🎞️ 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
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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