Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 263 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
13. 13.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
14. 14.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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