Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 233 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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