Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 52 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
2. 2.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 48 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a spinning zoetrope
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
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) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a road sign
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False

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