Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 417 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
8. 8.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
26. 26.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit

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