Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 964 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard

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