Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 984 · 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 with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
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) the bird in the cage (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink

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