Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 538 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 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) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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