Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 718 · 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) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font

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