Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 785 · 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 video game scene (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a road sign
2. 2.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
3. 3.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
7. 7.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) toys shot step by step (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a rigged digital model
8. 8.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a road sign (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a computer-built model (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) puppets moved bit by bit
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) the rule of thirds (d) persistence of vision
13. 13.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
18. 18.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) nothing at all (d) the bird in the cage
19. 19.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
20. 20.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
23. 23.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a cartoon film (c) a poster on a wall (d) a looping GIF
25. 25.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
29. 29.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) poster (b) pixel (c) frame (d) font
31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) paper cut-outs shot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a comic book page (d) a stop-motion film
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) flipbook pages (c) a rigged digital model (d) pencil drawings on paper
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a stop-motion film (c) a printed photo (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the paper moves (c) the pictures are wet (d) the eye blends them
39. 39.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it gets louder (d) the colours fade
40. 40.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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