Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 629 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
4. 4.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
18. 18.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
27. 27.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a greeting card (c) a poster on a wall (d) a printed photo
31. 31.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard

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