Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 447 · 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 poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
30. 30.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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