Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 874 · 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 of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard

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