Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 586 · 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 greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
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.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
24. 24.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) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
28. 28.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a cartoon film
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page

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