Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 666 · 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 spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a zoetrope (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
18. 18.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a flipbook (d) a poster on a wall
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
30. 30.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
31. 31.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
32. 32.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
35. 35.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
37. 37.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?

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