Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 119 · 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 kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step

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