Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 48 · 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 greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
5. 5.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
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.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation

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