Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 454 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
3. 3.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
19. 19.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
38. 38.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a comic book page

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