Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 598 · 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 moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
5. 5.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
7. 7.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a rigged digital model
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
11. 11.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
14. 14.🎞️ 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
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a computer-built model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a stop-motion film (d) a flipbook
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a video game scene
29. 29.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) paper cut-outs shot
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?

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