Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 692 · 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) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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