Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 628 · 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.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a virtual 3D world
7. 7.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🎞️ 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
12. 12.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall

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