Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 423 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times 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 looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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