Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 818 · 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) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 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
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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