Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 379 · 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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit

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