Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 607 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
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 is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world

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