Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 536 · 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 virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
9. 9.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film

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