Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 798 · 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 computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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