Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 359 · 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 pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
4. 4.🎞️ 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
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
18. 18.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
24. 24.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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