Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 723 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) flipbook pages (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
4. 4.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
7. 7.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
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) poster (b) frame (c) pixel (d) font
11. 11.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
15. 15.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
21. 21.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a comic book page (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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