Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 67 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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