Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 669 · 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 puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) frame (d) pixel
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) two birds
26. 26.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a greeting card (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a poster on a wall
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) puppets moved bit by bit
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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