Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 665 · 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 toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
3. 3.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
11. 11.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a digital 3D character (c) a rigged digital model (d) paper cut-outs shot
21. 21.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
22. 22.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) one big painting
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) flipbook pages
28. 28.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
33. 33.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
37. 37.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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