Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 264 · 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 stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
7. 7.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 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) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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