Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 427 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
2. 2.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
33. 33.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) nothing at all
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages

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