Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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