Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 53 · 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) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.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 computer-built model
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.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) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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