Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 71 · 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.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a framed painting
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🎞️ 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
8. 8.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
15. 15.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) a single photo
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎞️ 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
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
28. 28.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a looping GIF
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet

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