Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 247 · 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.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ 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
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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