Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 420 · 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 video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
4. 4.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
22. 22.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
25. 25.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
32. 32.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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