Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 762 · 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 comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) the rule of thirds
10. 10.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 27 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
15. 15.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
18. 18.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) toys shot step by step (c) a computer-built model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a digital 3D character (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) toys shot step by step
23. 23.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a poster on a wall
25. 25.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) an empty cage (d) two birds
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a spinning zoetrope
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a flipbook (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a framed painting
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
30. 30.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a flipbook (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
31. 31.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the pictures are wet (d) the paper moves
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
37. 37.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) the movement looks jumpy (d) it plays backwards
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model

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