Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 162 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
4. 4.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
8. 8.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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