Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 635 · 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.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) an empty cage (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a greeting card (d) a printed photo
4. 4.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
7. 7.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
16. 16.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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