Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 101 · 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.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
40. 40.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds

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