Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 265 · 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 video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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