Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 346 · 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 kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film

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