Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 719 · 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 looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it gets louder
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
7. 7.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
9. 9.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a video game scene
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ 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) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a greeting card (d) a cartoon film
25. 25.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 39 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
36. 36.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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