Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 615 · 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.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
4. 4.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
5. 5.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
10. 10.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it plays backwards (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook

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