Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 444 · 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 flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
14. 14.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ 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
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a rigged digital model
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.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) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
40. 40.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards

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