Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 969 · 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 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
21. 21.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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