Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 72 · 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 virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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