Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 784 · 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.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
2. 2.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a microphone (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) toys shot step by step (c) flipbook pages (d) a digital 3D character
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) nothing at all (b) an empty cage (c) the bird in the cage (d) two birds
9. 9.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a stop-motion film (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
12. 12.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) frame (c) font (d) pixel
13. 13.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a rigged digital model (c) flipbook pages (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a comic book page
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
20. 20.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) persistence of vision (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) the rule of thirds
23. 23.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) a digital 3D character (d) frames drawn on a tablet
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
25. 25.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a virtual 3D world
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a road sign (c) a looping GIF (d) a cartoon film
28. 28.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a printed photo (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a printed photo
32. 32.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the paper moves (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the pictures are wet
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) a digital 3D character
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) a digital 3D character (c) toys shot step by step (d) frames drawn on a tablet
36. 36.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) paper cut-outs shot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a poster on a wall (c) a greeting card (d) a stop-motion film
38. 38.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) many still pictures (d) one big painting
39. 39.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a rigged digital model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a stop-motion film

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