Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 510 · 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 frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.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) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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