Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 796 · 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) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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