Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 501 · 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 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a printed photo
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
10. 10.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place

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