Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 4 · 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 is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
13. 13.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🎞️ 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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