Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 66 · 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.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
12. 12.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a framed painting
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
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.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation

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