Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 366 · 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) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
3. 3.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper

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