Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 695 · 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 stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
2. 2.🎞️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
4. 4.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
11. 11.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
20. 20.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) frame (d) poster
21. 21.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a storyboard (d) a zoetrope
22. 22.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a framed painting (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🎞️ 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
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene

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