Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 583 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper

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