Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 73 · 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.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
4. 4.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) the pictures are wet (d) magic ink
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
6. 6.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a framed painting (c) a cartoon film (d) a road sign
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
10. 10.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a road sign
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a video game scene
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) only sound
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a digital 3D character (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) poster (d) pixel
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a framed painting
31. 31.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
33. 33.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion

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