Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 416 · 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 poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🎞️ 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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