Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 757 · 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 moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a poster on a wall (c) a stop-motion film (d) a looping GIF
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
5. 5.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
8. 8.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
10. 10.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
11. 11.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a looping GIF (d) a video game scene
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
17. 17.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) flipbook pages
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) toys shot step by step
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
26. 26.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
27. 27.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 11 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
29. 29.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a road sign
31. 31.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
32. 32.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a flipbook (c) a looping GIF (d) a stop-motion film
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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