Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 701 · 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 digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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