Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 656 · 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 kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) frame (d) pixel
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
6. 6.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
8. 8.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
40. 40.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing

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