Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 781 · 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 kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope

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