Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 474 · 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 looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
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 kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves

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