Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 792 · 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.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) many still pictures (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) only sound
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a rigged digital model (d) puppets moved bit by bit
3. 3.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a flipbook (c) a storyboard (d) a microphone
4. 4.🎞️ A card has a bird on one side and a cage on the other. It is spun very fast. What do you see? (a) the bird in the cage (b) nothing at all (c) two birds (d) an empty cage
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a looping GIF (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a video game scene
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a poster on a wall
8. 8.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a rigged digital model (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
11. 11.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
12. 12.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a computer-built model (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
13. 13.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it gets louder (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) it plays backwards (d) the colours fade
14. 14.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) flipbook pages (c) a digital 3D character (d) a computer-built model
15. 15.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) colour mixing (c) squash and stretch (d) persistence of vision
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a poster on a wall (d) a comic book page
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) flipbook pages (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
18. 18.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
22. 22.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
23. 23.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) flipbook pages
24. 24.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
25. 25.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 64 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a looping GIF (c) a flipbook (d) a comic book page
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) a little further along (b) in the same place (c) much bigger (d) in a new colour
38. 38.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
40. 40.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them

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