Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 777 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a comic book page (c) a printed photo (d) a greeting card
2. 2.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a clay model moved a bit
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) the eye blends them (d) magic ink
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ 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) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
9. 9.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
11. 11.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a greeting card (c) a comic book page (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a stop-motion film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) pixel (b) frame (c) font (d) poster
17. 17.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) one big painting (c) many still pictures (d) only sound
24. 24.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎞️ 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a cartoon film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
31. 31.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a cartoon film (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
36. 36.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a microphone
37. 37.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a stop-motion film (c) a flipbook (d) a printed photo
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour

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