Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 546 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
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 hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
39. 39.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting

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