Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 772 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a cartoon film (d) a poster on a wall
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a stop-motion film (c) a video game scene (d) a greeting card
5. 5.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
9. 9.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (c) the bird in the cage (d) an empty cage
10. 10.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) the movement looks jumpy
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) frames drawn on a tablet
12. 12.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
15. 15.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
16. 16.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a microphone (d) a storyboard
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (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.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a printed photo (d) a flipbook
24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a digital 3D character
26. 26.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a poster on a wall (c) a road sign (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) font (c) pixel (d) frame
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) paper cut-outs shot

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