Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 946 · 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) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) flipbook pages
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
30. 30.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 virtual 3D world
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model

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