Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 337 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?

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