Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

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

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