Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 255 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
27. 27.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world

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