Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 132 · 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.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
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) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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