Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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