Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 13 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
12. 12.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
24. 24.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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