Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 707 · 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 a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
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 computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
17. 17.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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