Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 582 · 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 video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🎞️ 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
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ 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
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
27. 27.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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