Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 139 · 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 flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
8. 8.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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