Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 461 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
3. 3.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) in the same place
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character

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