Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 70 · 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) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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