Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 487 · 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.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch

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