Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 625 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
5. 5.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
13. 13.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) frames drawn on a tablet
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a cartoon film
20. 20.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
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.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
36. 36.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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