Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 848 · 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 clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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