Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 283 · 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 video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
23. 23.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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