Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 81 · 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 stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
21. 21.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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