Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 830 · 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) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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