Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 144 · 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 printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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