Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 950 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
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) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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