Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 189 · 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 a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
28. 28.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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