Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 944 · 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) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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