Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 592 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a flipbook
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
12. 12.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
24. 24.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
30. 30.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds

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