Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 406 · 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) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
2. 2.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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