Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 654 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?

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