Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 797 · 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 hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
7. 7.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
29. 29.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
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) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
32. 32.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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