Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 613 · 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.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a road sign
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
11. 11.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 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 printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ 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
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a spinning zoetrope
36. 36.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion

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