Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 813 · 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 kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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