Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 597 · 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 road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
8. 8.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
14. 14.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
26. 26.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a computer-built model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
34. 34.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures

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