Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 599 · 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 poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a looping GIF
19. 19.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
22. 22.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ 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
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) flipbook pages
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ 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
35. 35.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame

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