Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 618 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit

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