Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 175 · 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 kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
3. 3.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (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) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope

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