Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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