Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 121 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
15. 15.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
16. 16.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages

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