Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 556 · 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) only sound (d) many still pictures
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
14. 14.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet

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