Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 854 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
35. 35.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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