Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 302 · 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 looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 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 clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ 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
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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