Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 803 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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