Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 651 · 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 spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
2. 2.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
22. 22.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) frame (d) poster
23. 23.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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