Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 883 · 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 stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
11. 11.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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