Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 766 · 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 of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a poster on a wall (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
4. 4.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ 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) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
6. 6.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a greeting card (c) a cartoon film (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
12. 12.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 20 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) poster (d) pixel
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a comic book page
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a video game scene (d) a cartoon film
23. 23.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a computer-built model
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
29. 29.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) a little further along (c) much bigger (d) in the same place
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
35. 35.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) it gets louder (c) it plays backwards (d) the movement looks jumpy
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) paper cut-outs shot
40. 40.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper

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