Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 314 · 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.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
27. 27.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page

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