Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 716 · 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) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting

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