Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 194 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages

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