Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 171 · 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 happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
18. 18.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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