Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 574 · 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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
29. 29.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
40. 40.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit

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