Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 685 · 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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) paper cut-outs shot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a spinning zoetrope
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
29. 29.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a road sign
32. 32.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a rigged digital model
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
39. 39.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film

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