Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 778 · 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 printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
2. 2.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the eye blends them (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a greeting card
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) one big painting
7. 7.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
8. 8.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a poster on a wall
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a virtual 3D world
14. 14.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
15. 15.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 7 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
19. 19.🎞️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) an empty cage (b) the bird in the cage (c) two birds (d) nothing at all
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a video game scene (d) a printed photo
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a video game scene (c) a road sign (d) a framed painting
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) frames drawn on a tablet
26. 26.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) pencil drawings on paper
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a comic book page (d) a video game scene
28. 28.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
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
32. 32.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
33. 33.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) much bigger (c) in the same place (d) a little further along
34. 34.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a computer-built model (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
36. 36.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the colours fade (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) it plays backwards
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True

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