Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 184 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
9. 9.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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