Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 566 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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