Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 313 · 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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
7. 7.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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