Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 808 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ 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
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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