Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 787 · 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 kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
4. 4.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
5. 5.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a zoetrope (c) a flipbook (d) a storyboard
6. 6.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
7. 7.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) frames drawn on a tablet
8. 8.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) magic ink
9. 9.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a printed photo (c) a road sign (d) a greeting card
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) toys shot step by step (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a virtual 3D world
13. 13.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.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
19. 19.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) toys shot step by step (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
20. 20.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a greeting card
23. 23.🎞️ 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) two birds (c) an empty cage (d) the bird in the cage
24. 24.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) the rule of thirds (c) persistence of vision (d) squash and stretch
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a rigged digital model
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a poster on a wall (d) a flipbook
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a poster on a wall (c) a flipbook (d) a stop-motion film
28. 28.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
30. 30.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) a computer-built model (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
31. 31.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 9 seconds?
33. 33.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a clay model moved a bit (d) flipbook pages
34. 34.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a digital 3D character (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) a clay model moved a bit
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a flipbook
38. 38.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
39. 39.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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