Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 749 · 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 flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a greeting card
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
6. 6.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a printed photo (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a printed photo (d) a spinning zoetrope
9. 9.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
12. 12.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the eye blends them (c) magic ink (d) the pictures are wet
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) toys shot step by step (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 12 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) poster (c) font (d) frame
24. 24.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a video game scene
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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