Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 758 · 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 spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a greeting card
2. 2.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) font (c) poster (d) frame
3. 3.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
4. 4.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) the colours fade
5. 5.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a road sign (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a clay model moved a bit
15. 15.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a stop-motion film (d) a printed photo
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
25. 25.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in a new colour (c) in the same place (d) much bigger
26. 26.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
28. 28.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) only sound (d) a single photo
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a looping GIF (d) a comic book page
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
37. 37.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) persistence of vision (c) colour mixing (d) squash and stretch
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) toys shot step by step

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