Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 821 · 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 paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🎞️ 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
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ 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
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 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 stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model

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