Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 305 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
10. 10.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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