Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 547 · 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) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
7. 7.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
9. 9.🎞️ 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
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
18. 18.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a computer-built model
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
36. 36.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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