Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 741 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film

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