Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 770 · 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.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
2. 2.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
3. 3.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a video game scene
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
14. 14.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) an empty cage (d) nothing at all
15. 15.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a looping GIF
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a digital 3D character (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a greeting card (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
26. 26.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a framed painting
32. 32.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
35. 35.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) poster (d) font
38. 38.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 30 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

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