Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 679 · 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 microphone (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) pencil drawings on paper
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a stop-motion film
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a greeting card
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
15. 15.🎞️ 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.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) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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