Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 78 · 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 cartoon film (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a cartoon film (c) a framed painting (d) a poster on a wall
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a rigged digital model (c) a virtual 3D world (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
7. 7.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
8. 8.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) the rule of thirds (c) squash and stretch (d) colour mixing
9. 9.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) puppets moved bit by bit
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
16. 16.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
17. 17.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a computer-built model
18. 18.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in a new colour (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) a little further along
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
20. 20.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
21. 21.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film
25. 25.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) pencil drawings on paper
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
29. 29.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) a single photo (c) only sound (d) many still pictures
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a greeting card (c) a printed photo (d) a stop-motion film
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a looping GIF (c) a video game scene (d) a framed painting
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 60 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a looping GIF
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?

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