Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 584 · 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 comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎞️ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a spinning zoetrope
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
8. 8.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ 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
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope

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