Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 691 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) pixel (c) poster (d) frame
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
13. 13.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) a little further along (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
16. 16.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) the colours fade (c) it plays backwards (d) it gets louder
17. 17.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a comic book page
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a framed painting
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
29. 29.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 28 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model

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