Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 678 · 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.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world

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