Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 335 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.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) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
30. 30.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
31. 31.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) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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