Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 294 · 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.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds

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