Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 115 · 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 spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
27. 27.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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