Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 600 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) a clay model moved a bit
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
15. 15.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film 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 hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along

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