Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 981 · 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 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation

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