Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 408 · 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 flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
19. 19.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
33. 33.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
36. 36.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film

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