Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 959 · 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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