Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 535 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook

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