Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 641 · 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) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a zoetrope
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
6. 6.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a looping GIF
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it plays backwards
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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