Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 105 · 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 looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo

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