Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 545 · 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 virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?

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