Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 601 · 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.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) pixel (d) font
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
7. 7.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
38. 38.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit

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