Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 591 · 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.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
24. 24.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
38. 38.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade

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