Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 602 · 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 video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) flipbook pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
7. 7.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
10. 10.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a printed photo
14. 14.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ 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
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
36. 36.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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