Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 382 · 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) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film

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