Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 711 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
19. 19.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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