Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 850 · 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.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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