Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 832 · 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 a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
2. 2.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) toys shot step by step (b) frames drawn on a tablet (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a rigged digital model
3. 3.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
5. 5.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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) two birds (b) the bird in the cage (c) nothing at all (d) an empty cage
9. 9.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) font (c) pixel (d) poster
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a greeting card (d) a road sign
11. 11.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) much bigger (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) in the same place
13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a digital 3D character (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) toys shot step by step
14. 14.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
15. 15.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 10 seconds?
17. 17.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a computer-built model (c) flipbook pages (d) a clay model moved a bit
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a framed painting (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
20. 20.True or false: a looping GIF shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a printed photo shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
23. 23.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
24. 24.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a cartoon film (c) a stop-motion film (d) a comic book page
28. 28.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a spinning zoetrope (c) a greeting card (d) a flipbook
32. 32.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the movement looks jumpy (c) the colours fade (d) it gets louder
33. 33.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the eye blends them (c) the paper moves (d) the pictures are wet
34. 34.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a video game scene (b) a road sign (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a looping GIF
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) flipbook pages (b) a computer-built model (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) toys shot step by step
37. 37.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 15 pictures round its drum shows 15 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🎞️ 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
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?

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