Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 606 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing

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