Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 933 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot

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