Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 351 · 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 flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
3. 3.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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