Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 286 · 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 stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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