Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 268 · 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 flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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