Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 717 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
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) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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