Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 664 · 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 zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a framed painting
4. 4.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
9. 9.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
10. 10.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) font (d) frame
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
23. 23.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
27. 27.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a video game scene (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step
40. 40.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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