Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 394 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step

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