Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 862 · 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 has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook

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