Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 843 · 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 virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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