Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 715 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
10. 10.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
12. 12.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
13. 13.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) the bird in the cage
16. 16.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a clay model moved a bit
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
38. 38.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) toys shot step by step

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