Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 767 · 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 spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a framed painting
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) frame (c) pixel (d) poster
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a computer-built model
8. 8.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a computer-built model
17. 17.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
21. 21.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) a single photo (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
23. 23.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 9 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
24. 24.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
28. 28.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) a little further along (c) in the same place (d) in a new colour
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 12 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a printed photo (c) a comic book page (d) a spinning zoetrope
34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
35. 35.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) colour mixing
36. 36.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) flipbook pages
39. 39.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages

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