Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 974 · 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 kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
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) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ 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
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot

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