Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 820 · 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 rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
20. 20.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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