Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 742 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
5. 5.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) a rigged digital model
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
9. 9.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the paper moves
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 16 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
19. 19.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a microphone (c) a zoetrope (d) a storyboard
20. 20.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
26. 26.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
31. 31.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
36. 36.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a computer-built model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
37. 37.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
39. 39.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True

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