Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 585 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
22. 22.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a digital 3D character
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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