Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 983 · 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) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model

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