Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 112 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ 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
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF

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