Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 533 · 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 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
2. 2.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
11. 11.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
13. 13.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
23. 23.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
26. 26.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?

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