Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 708 · 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) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage

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