Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 835 · 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 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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