Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 492 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
13. 13.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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