Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 864 · 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 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope

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