Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 780 · 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 framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a digital 3D character (d) a clay model moved a bit
3. 3.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a video game scene (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
6. 6.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
10. 10.🎞️ 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
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
14. 14.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) many still pictures (c) one big painting (d) only sound
15. 15.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
16. 16.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
17. 17.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 56 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
19. 19.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) flipbook pages (d) a computer-built model
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a flipbook
22. 22.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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 of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) toys shot step by step (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) the movement looks jumpy (b) it plays backwards (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) flipbook pages (d) a virtual 3D world
37. 37.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) much bigger

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