Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 594 · 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 looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
14. 14.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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