Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 631 · 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) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
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 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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