Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 637 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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