Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 975 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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