Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 745 · 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.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ 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
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
38. 38.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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