Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 738 · 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 printed photo (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
2. 2.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 clay model moved a bit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) puppets moved bit by bit
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 45 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) the pictures are wet (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
14. 14.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
16. 16.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) pencil drawings on paper
21. 21.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the colours fade (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
22. 22.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
24. 24.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) a single photo
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a cartoon film (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
26. 26.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
31. 31.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) flipbook pages
32. 32.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a road sign
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
38. 38.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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