Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 700 · 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) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
10. 10.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 52 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 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
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a rigged digital model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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