Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 110 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🎞️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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