Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 398 · 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.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
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 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages

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