Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 311 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
8. 8.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet

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