Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 557 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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