Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 834 · 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) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a flipbook (c) a poster on a wall (d) a greeting card
3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
4. 4.True or false: a printed photo shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
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.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a microphone (b) a storyboard (c) a flipbook (d) a zoetrope
7. 7.True or false: a poster on a wall shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎞️ 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
9. 9.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) flipbook pages
10. 10.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
11. 11.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a computer-built model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) a clay model moved a bit
12. 12.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) colour mixing (b) persistence of vision (c) the rule of thirds (d) squash and stretch
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a road sign (b) a cartoon film (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a stop-motion film
14. 14.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a poster on a wall (c) a comic book page (d) a framed painting
16. 16.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
17. 17.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 33 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
18. 18.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
19. 19.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a clay model moved a bit (c) a computer-built model (d) a virtual 3D world
21. 21.True or false: a spinning zoetrope shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a framed painting (c) a comic book page (d) a road sign
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
24. 24.True or false: a stop-motion film shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
27. 27.True or false: a comic book page shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) a single photo (b) only sound (c) one big painting (d) many still pictures
29. 29.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
31. 31.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
32. 32.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
34. 34.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) a computer-built model (d) pencil drawings on paper
35. 35.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
37. 37.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
38. 38.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) pencil drawings on paper (d) paper cut-outs shot
39. 39.True or false: a comic book page shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation

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