Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 703 · 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 kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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