Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 857 · 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 computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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