Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 827 · 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 poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
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 cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 13 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
7. 7.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a zoetrope (d) a flipbook
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a printed photo (b) a greeting card (c) a video game scene (d) a comic book page
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.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) flipbook pages (c) a computer-built model (d) paper cut-outs shot
11. 11.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a computer-built model
13. 13.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
14. 14.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a virtual 3D world (d) puppets moved bit by bit
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a poster on a wall (d) a cartoon film
19. 19.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) a digital 3D character
20. 20.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in the same place (c) in a new colour (d) a little further along
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a video game scene (c) a stop-motion film (d) a spinning zoetrope
24. 24.True or false: a road sign shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope with 14 pictures round its drum shows 42 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
27. 27.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a virtual 3D world
28. 28.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) the rule of thirds (b) squash and stretch (c) colour mixing (d) persistence of vision
29. 29.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a computer-built model
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 44 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) font (b) poster (c) pixel (d) frame
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a stop-motion film (c) a road sign (d) a spinning zoetrope
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) toys shot step by step (d) pencil drawings on paper
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 4 seconds?
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) flipbook pages (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) puppets moved bit by bit
40. 40.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False

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