Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 580 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
13. 13.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
16. 16.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?

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