Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 714 · 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.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a flipbook
3. 3.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
5. 5.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) the rule of thirds (d) colour mixing
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) pencil drawings on paper
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) poster (d) font
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a video game scene (c) a framed painting (d) a printed photo
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a stop-motion film (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
21. 21.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
25. 25.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 14 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
32. 32.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
35. 35.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a flipbook
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall

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