Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 659 · 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.🎞️ 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) only sound (c) a single photo (d) one big painting
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a rigged digital model
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
37. 37.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ 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

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