Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 303 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?

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