Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 617 · 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) font (c) pixel (d) poster
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a video game scene
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a road sign
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
13. 13.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
14. 14.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a cartoon film (d) a stop-motion film
24. 24.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
26. 26.🎞️ 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
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
29. 29.🎞️ 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
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
36. 36.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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