Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 404 · 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 video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
5. 5.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
37. 37.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook

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