Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 407 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) frame (d) font
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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